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▪ I. Mohock Hist.|ˈməʊhɒk|
Also 8 mohack, 9 mohawk.
[Transferred use of mohock Mohawk; now differentiated in spelling.]
1. One of a class of aristocratic ruffians who infested the streets of London at night in the early years of the 18th century.
1711–12Swift Jrnl. to Stella 8 Mar., Did I tell you of a race of rakes, called the Mohocks, that play the devil about this town every night, slit people's noses, and beat them, etc. 1711–12Hearne Collect. 30 Mar. (O.H.S.) III. 326 A certain barbarous Sect of Persons arose lately in London who distinguish themselves by the Name of Mohocks. 1717Prior Alma iii. 231 But give him Port, and potent Sack; From Milk-sop He starts up Mohack. 1758Chesterfield Let. 23 May Misc. Wks. (1777) II. 499 The other [lie] that Prince Eugene intended to murder lord Oxford, by employing a set of people called Mohocks, which society, by the way, never existed. 1789M. Madan tr. Persius (1795) 111 note, Nero..was a kind of Mohock in his diversions. 1829Lytton Devereux ii. xi, A large band of those young men, who, under the name of Mohawks scoured the town nightly. 1894J. Knight Garrick vii. 111 Garrick [had] an experience of stage mohocks.
†2. (Meaning unknown.)
1772Graves Spir. Quix. x. xxiv, Bob Tench..had always a little phial of Fryar's Balsam in his pocket, some..court-plaister, as well as his cork-screw and mohock.
3. attrib. and adj.
1712Steele Spect. No. 324 ⁋1 A Set of Men..who have lately erected themselves into a Nocturnal Fraternity, under the Title of the Mohock Club. 1882Punch 18 Feb. 83/2 The Mohock Revival.
Hence ˈMohock v. trans., to assail or maltreat in the manner of Mohocks; ˈMohockism, the practices or the spirit of the Mohocks.
1718Entertainer No. 12. 76 We love Mischief for Mischief's sake, and can..break windows,..knock down Old Women,..and Mohock the Tories. 1882Punch 18 Feb. 83/2 That ancient form of ruffianism known as Mohockism appears to have broken out with more than ancient severity in various parts of London. 1883L. S. Wingfield A. Rowe I. ii. 40 He exceeded in luxury and Mohockism that pair of immortal rowdies.
▪ II. Mohock
obs. form of Mohawk. |