Mohock
/ˈməʊhɒk/(also mohock)
noun
A member of a band of aristocratic hooligans who allegedly roamed the streets of London by night in the early 18th cent. and were suspected of ruffianism. Hence (more generally): any hooligan or delinquent. Now historical and archaic.
Origin
Early 18th century. Originally a variant of Mohawk, now usually distinguished in form in sense 1.
- countrypolitan
- country road
- country rock
- country rocker
- country seat
- country-selling
- country service
- countryside
- countryside campaigner
- Countryside Commission
- countryside ranger
- country singer
- country store
- country-style
- country sugar
- country talk
- country town
- countryward
- country-western
- countrywide
- countrywoman
- count sheep
- countship
- count someone in
- count someone out