Something that is stolen. Something illegal. Playing truant from school. Examples: These goods are hooky. I got this hooky Blu-ray player from a guy down the Winchester. Is this stuff hooky? All John
Hooky/ Hookey
Something that is stolen.
Something illegal.
Playing truant from school.
Examples
These goods are hookey.
I got this hooky Blu-ray player from a guy down the Winchester.
Is this stuff hooky?
All John does is play hooky from school and stay home & do drugs.
Huck, let's play hooky and go fishing.
Origin
It is believed that the origin of the word comes from the slang meaning of hook – to touch, to steal in small quantities.
Meaning from the English-Bulgarian Dictionary:
Hook [huk] – hook.
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