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Slang: Hooky / Hookey

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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