hooley
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English
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[edit]hooley (plural hooleys)
- (Ireland, Scotland) A party or celebration; an evening of traditional music and dance.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 88:
- At a family gathering, a wake or a Christmas hooley, other children would step forward to sing a rhyme or dance a hornpipe.
- 2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 183:
- She had always loved what she called a hooley, a gathering of family and friends, and her dying was to be her last, greatest hooley.
- A strong wind or gale.
- It's blowing a hooley out there.