Houlihan

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of lasso throw.

    "But if he could not throw the houlihan, he still might get down in the dirt of the corral to help with dehorning, castrating, and branding."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

Example

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"But if he could not throw the houlihan, he still might get down in the dirt of the corral to help with dehorning, castrating, and branding."

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUallacháin (“descendant of Uallachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of uallach (“proud, arrogant”).

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