Scandahoovian
English
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editEtymology
editAttested since the early 20th century.
Adjective
editScandahoovian (comparative more Scandahoovian, superlative most Scandahoovian)
- (slang) American and of Scandinavian ancestry.
- 1911, Henry Cottrell Rowland, The Magnet:
- If my father is a rough old brute of a pig-headed Scandahoovian sailor, then my sweetheart is the darlingest and loveliest of women, although she is scarcely more than a child.
Noun
editScandahoovian (plural Scandahoovians)