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houlihans

houlihans is the plural of houlihan.

Meaning of houlihan

Noun

houlihan (plural houlihans)

  1. A kind of lasso throw.
    • But if he could not throw the houlihan, he still might get down in the dirt of the corral to help with dehorning, castrating, and branding.2009, Clyde A. Milner II, Carol A. O'Connor, As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart, page 214

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Proper noun capitalized: Houlihans

Houlihans

  1. (plural) plural of Houlihan

Questions about houlihans

What is houlihans the plural of?
Houlihans is the plural of houlihan.
What part of speech is houlihans?
Houlihans is a proper noun.

Words near houlihans in the dictionary

  1. Houle
  2. Houles
  3. houlet
  4. houlets
  5. houlihan
  6. houlihans
  7. hoult
  8. Houlton
  9. Houltons
  10. hoults
  11. Houma

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