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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal Questionable collaboration; secret partnership: an accountant in cahoots with organized crime.

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  1. n. Collusion or collaboration to nefarious ends.

Etymologies

  1. This word was first used in popular English literature sometime before 1829. It comes perhaps from French cahute ("cabin"), from Old French, possibly blend of cabane ("cabin"), and hutte ("hut"). Also thought to be from French cohorte. (Wiktionary)
  2. Perhaps from French cahute, cabin, from Old French, possibly blend of cabane; see cabin, and hutte; see hut. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • fbharjo cabin-net?? (see etymology of the word) Feb 19, 2012

  • zoom I'm not greedy. When it comes to cahoots. One is fine. Feb 1, 2008

  • reesetee Sounds like a ship of antiquity. "The Earth-shaker, Poseidon, wrecked my cahoot and cast her on the rocks at the land's end, drifting her on a headland; the wind blew from the sea; and I with these men here escaped impending ruin."

    Aye aye. Jan 16, 2008

  • uselessness I just noticed that myself. Nice job, John! As for your question, I think I'm going to have to start saying "in a cahoot" from now on... :-P Jan 16, 2008

  • reesetee HEY! WeirdNet has a "more" link! :-D

    Also, is anyone ever just in one cahoot? Jan 16, 2008

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