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hooky hookey
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hooky1
▶adjective (hookier, hookiest) (of a tune) catchy.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hooky2
▶noun variant spelling of hookey.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hookey (also hooky)
▶noun (in phr. play hookey) N. Amer. informal play truant.
– origin C19: of unknown origin.
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