Yahoos
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A “yahoo” is an uncouth or uncivilized person.
Example Sentences
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Say what you will about Victorian England’s prime ministers and business leaders, at least they weren’t Yahoos.
From Washington Post
Because the toddler was ultimately not separated from her mother, Ms. Parker wrote, “You could practically hear the ‘Yahoos!’ from the Oval Office to the Fox News headquarters.”
From Washington Post
You could practically hear the “Yahoos!” from the Oval Office to the Fox News headquarters.
From Washington Post
If Gulliver could travel through time, instead of sailing around the world, imagine how familiar the Yahoos of Washington would look to him now.
From Washington Post
Their land is plagued by feral animals known as the Yahoos — which, Gulliver is shocked to learn, have human physical form beneath their fur.
From Nature
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