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- noun Archaic form of
Mohawk . - noun A member of a gang (the Mohocks) which terrorized
London in the early 18th century.
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Examples
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He boxed the watch; he fuddled himself at taverns; he was no better than a Mohock.
The Newcomes 2006
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“Although you bit him in that affair of the horse, the Mohock will certainly take you out of pawn.”
The Virginians 2006
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There was not much harm about the whole thing, and occasionally it was quite dull, but some of our dons had got hold of the idea that a Mohock must be a rowdy and riotous person.
Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Charles Turley 1904
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Apart from the exercise of his trade, he was a very Mohock for brutality.
A Book of Scoundrels 1896
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Apart from the exercise of his trade, he was a very Mohock for brutality.
A Book of Scoundrels Charles Whibley 1894
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Will Esmond, whose language was always rich in blasphemies, employed his very strongest curses in speaking of his cousin's behaviour, and expressed his delight that the confounded young Mohock was cutting his own throat.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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He boxed the watch; he fuddled himself at taverns; he was no better than a Mohock.
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Mohock will fall a prey to others, and that there is no earthly use in my sparing him.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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"Although you bit him in that affair of the horse, the Mohock will certainly take you out of pawn."
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I uttered the words which chanced to occur to me, and repeated in the shrill tones of a Mohock savage ...
Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist Charles Brockden Brown 1790
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