Citations:hood-wink
English citations of hood-wink
Verb: "Alternative form of hoodwink"
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- 1877, R. Elton Smile, chapter 1, in The Manatitlans; Or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S.A.[1], pages 12–13:
- A clear understanding of the language is absolutely necessary, for the inhabitants of the river towns are very apt to "fly" from a bad bargain when they find themselves caught and lightly held, so that the only safe way to secure them is to clip their wings and hood-wink them in black and white.