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hooligan

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hooligan/ˈhuːlɪɡən/

▶noun a violent young troublemaker.

– derivatives
hooliganism noun.

– origin C19: perh. from Hooligan, the surname of a fictional rowdy Irish family in a music-hall song.

'hooligan' also found in these Oxford entries:

hoodlum - ned - roughie

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