houlihan

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Houlihan^¹

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

proper noun Houlihans · Holahan · Holihan · Holohan · Hoolahan · Hoolihan

A surname from Irish.

houlihan^²

noun houlihans · hooley-ann · hoolihan

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.

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@misc{houlihan_2026,
  title = {houlihan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/houlihan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}