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English
Etymology
Attested since the early 20th century.
Adjective
Scandahoovian (comparative more Scandahoovian, superlative most Scandahoovian)
- (slang) American and of Scandinavian ancestry.
- Synonyms: Scowegian, Souwegian
1911, Henry Cottrell Rowland, The Magnet: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.
Noun
Scandahoovian (plural Scandahoovians)
- (slang) An American of Scandinavian ancestry.
- Synonyms: Scowegian, Souwegian