hookum

English

Noun

hookum (plural hookums)

1. (India, obsolete) An order; a command.

Related terms

• hakim

See also

• hookum-snivey

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “hookum”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].