Word: hooley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Eric Partridge (Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English] refers to the "lively, rough but not criminal Houlihan family in London, 1895," also "a gang of roughs led by one Hooley...
...present, O'Keefe and his sister, Mrs. Mary Hooley, are the two key witnesses. O'Keefe because police suspect he had a part in the robbery. Mrs. Hooley because police believe that $70,000 of the stolen money was stashed away in her Roxbury home. To save his sister from a jail sentence, O'Keefe indicates he is ready to talk; how much he has to offer is another matter. But police fervently hope that O'Keefe will be like the first domino by pushing him down all the rest will humble behind...