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  • noun Plural form of hoodie.
  • noun Plural form of hoody.

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Examples

  • I expected young men in hoodies to turn up at the back door, furtively holding out plastic bags to be filled in exchange for a fistful of used notes.

    Sweet Stories « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • I expected young men in hoodies to turn up at the back door, furtively holding out plastic bags to be filled in exchange for a fistful of used notes.

    2009 December « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • Urban black music is hugely influential round here - the kids love to dress up in hoodies and baseball caps and baggy trousers.

    No Blacks Allowed.....(?) Newmania 2007

  • As we know, banning hoodies is a ridiculous knee-jerk reaction to a perceived rise in anti-social behaviour, driven by a Daily Mail agenda and a longing for a lost golden age of low crime, which never of course existed.

    Archive 2005-05-15 Laban 2005

  • As we know, banning hoodies is a ridiculous knee-jerk reaction to a perceived rise in anti-social behaviour, driven by a Daily Mail agenda and a longing for a lost golden age of low crime, which never of course existed.

    May 15, 2005 Laban 2005

  • As we know, banning hoodies is a ridiculous knee-jerk reaction to a perceived rise in anti-social behaviour, driven by a Daily Mail agenda and a longing for a lost golden age of low crime, which never of course existed.

    Only In Scallyland ... Laban 2005

  • Thus, I encourage everyone who is dismayed by this trend of idiots in hoodies to have two bowls waiting for them next year: One brimming with real, good candy from a reputable company, and the other overflowing with gag candy.

    Trick Or Treat Or Bum robont 2004

  • However, there's a new and ugly trend this Halloween: kids showing up in hoodies and T-shirts, with no efforts made at all to costume themselves, stuffing candy into their gym bag.

    Trick Or Treat Or Bum robont 2004

  • As well as the classic Prague landmarks - such as Charles Bridge - Jo Thompson has seen some more unusual sights She also encountered a group of fashionable young men - 'hoodies' - with whom she posed for a photograph in the centre of Prague A detail from the Sedlec Ossuary chapel in the Czech Republic

    Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

  • Everyone else put on a mask, bought the outfit at Target, swirled the cape around these shoulders - but these assholes in hoodies showed up as if candy was their fucking birthright, muttered a surly "Trickatreat," and shovelled treats into their bag like it was going out of style.

    Take Back The Night Of All Souls darlox 2005

  • Hemp has commonly been used as a material for carpets and sweaters — it’s the main material of Baja hoodies, those textured pullovers dubbed “drug rugs” and typically associated with stoners.

    Hemp is now legal. That’s huge for the CBD industry. Chavie Lieber 2018

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  • "'And what will interest you, sir,'—to Stephen—'we saw some white crows. They were just the size and shape of those the northcountrymen call hoodies, only white.'"

    --Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 99

    February 20, 2008

  • Hooded crows!

    February 20, 2008