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Yahoo
Pronunciation : Ya"hoo
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. One of a race of filthy brutes in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
2. Hence, any brutish or vicious character.
3. A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn. [U. S.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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