ca·hoot

[kuh-hoot]
1.
go cahoots, to share equally; become partners: They went cahoots in the establishment of the store. Also, go in cahoot with, go in cahoots.
2.
in cahoot/cahoots,
a.
in partnership; in league.
b.
in conspiracy: in cahoots with the enemy.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; perhaps < French cahute cabin, hut, equivalent to ca(bane) cabin + hutte hut

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cahoot
see cahoots.
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Cahoot is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
However many local governments and the big developers are in cahoot to get rich.
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