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Hokeypokey

[hoh-kee-poh-kee] Origin

ho·key-po·key

[hoh-kee-poh-kee]
noun
1.
hocus-pocus; trickery.
2.
ice cream as formerly sold by street vendors.

Origin:
1840–50; variant of hocus-pocus
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Hokeypokey is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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hokey-pokey
1847, "false cheap material," alteration of hocus-pocus. Applied especially to cheap ice cream sold by street vendors (1884).
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