hoodlumish

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English

Etymology

From hoodlum +‎ -ish.

Adjective

hoodlumish (comparative more hoodlumish, superlative most hoodlumish)

  1. Characteristic of hoodlums.
    • 1979, H. Leon Prather, Resurgent Politics and Educational Progressivism in the New South, page 194:
      A hoodlumish mob of Democrats attacked a rival speaker at Smithfield, and the Republican chairman telegraphed Governor Russell for troops, a request with which he complied.