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 Definitions of hokum  [ˈhoʊ kəm]  

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Definition of 'hokum' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hokum
utter nonsense; bunkum.

2.  hokum
elements of low comedy or stale melodrama introduced into a play or story for laughter or effect.

Etymology:  (1915–20, Amer.; prob. b. hocus -pocus and bunkum)

Definition of 'hokum' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
a message that seems to convey no meaning

'hokum' - Nearby Entries  

hokey  hokkaido  hokkianese  hokum  hokusai  holandric gene  holarrhena antidysenterica  



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