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单词 hokey
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hokeyhoakyn.

Brit. /ˈhəʊki/, U.S. /ˈhoʊki/
Etymology: Origin unknown.Hoakie, in Ayrshire, according to Jamieson, means ‘a fire that has been covered up with cinders, when all the fuel has become red’. This is hardly likely to be the source of the petty oath, which seems to be substituted for some other word.
In by hokey, by the hokey, a petty oath, or asseveration. Also, by the hokey fiddle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene
loOE
spi?c1225
how mischance——?c1330
with mischance!c1330
by my hoodc1374
by my sheath1532
by the mouse-foot1550
what the (also a) goodyear1570
bread and salt1575
by Jove1575
in (good) truly1576
by these hilts1598
by the Lord Harry1693
by the pody cody1693
by jingo!1694
splutter1707
by jing!1786
I snore1790
declare1811
by the hokey1825
shiver my timbers1834
by the (great) horn spoon1842
upon my Sam1879
for goodness' sake1885
yerra1892
for the love of Mike1896
by the hokey fiddle1922
knickers1971
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Used also as a petty oath, By the hoakie.
1842 R. H. Barham Dead Drummer in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 207 What sound mingles too?—‘By the hokey—a Drum!’
1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xi. 101 Hilloa, by the Hokey I have him!
1867 F. H. Ludlow Little Brother 64 Then, by hokey, I'll like you very much indeed, old fellow!
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 492 By the hoky fiddle, thanks be to Jesus.
1958 Engineering 4 Apr. 426/1 It may be five years before it pays dividends but by the hokey fiddle it'll shake us.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hokeyadj.

Brit. /ˈhəʊki/, U.S. /ˈhoʊki/
Forms: Also hokie, hoky.
Etymology: < hoke v., hokum n. + -y suffix1.
slang (originally U.S.).
Characterized by hokum; sentimental, melodramatic, artificial.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected or put on for effect
affectate?1555
affectated1574
affected1578
artificious1579
affective1630
theatrical1649
faux1684
false1791
posed1909
voulu1909
pseudish1938
hokey1945
pseudo1949
posé1958
plastic1963
1945 N.Y. Times 19 Aug. 3/8 Equally a part of America..are the dull films, the tasteless, hoky confections that public taste ought to repudiate.
1968 Surfer Jan. 58/1 They know the films are hokie Hollywood products.
1969 Northwest (Sunday Oregonian Mag.) 14 Dec. 11/2 Not the ‘hokey’ set-ups I've been through a half dozen times, but a supervised transitional period.
1970 New Yorker 16 May 105/3 A funny and hokey reënactment of the pantomime pocket drama that Colette did in music halls all over France.
1971 Rolling Stone 24 June 31/4 A closing piece [on a record], ‘Sometimes’, is embarrassingly hokey.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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