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Scandihoovian

Scandihoovian is the alternative form of Scandahoovian.

Meaning of Scandahoovian

Adjective

Scandahoovian (comparative more Scandahoovian, superlative most Scandahoovian)

  1. (slang) American and of Scandinavian ancestry.
    • If my father is a rough old brute of a pig-headed Scandahoovian sailor, then my sweetheart is the darlingest and loveliest of women, although she is scarcely more than a child.1911, Henry Cottrell Rowland, The Magnet
    Synonyms:
    Scowegian, Souwegian

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Forms of Scandihoovian

Adjective
comparativemore Scandihoovian
superlativemost Scandihoovian
Noun
pluralScandihoovians

Questions about Scandihoovian

What is Scandihoovian the alternative form of?
Scandihoovian is the alternative form of Scandahoovian.

Words near Scandihoovian in the dictionary

  1. scandicaine
  2. scandiculous
  3. scandicus
  4. Scandie
  5. Scandies
  6. Scandihoovian
  7. Scandihoovians
  8. Scandiknavery
  9. Scandinavia
  10. Scandinavian
  11. Scandinavian cross

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Scandihoovian (page history and authors); Scandahoovian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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