1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1728. Bailey, Eng. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
2. (old).—A Hottentot.
1686. Captain Cowley in Harris Voyages, i., 82. We walked, moreover, without the town to the villages inhabited by the hodmandods, to view their nasty bodies.
Hoe. To hoe in (American Univ.).—To work with vigour; to swot (q.v.).
To hoe one’s own row, verb. phr. (American).—To do one’s own work.
Hard row to hoe. See Hard Row.
Hoe-down, subs. (American).—A negro dance; a breakdown (q.v.).