hogo

• fogo, hogoo

From French haut-goût.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊɡəʊ/

hogo (plural hogos)

1. A strong, unpleasant smell.
   • a. 1852, Thomas Moore, “A Case of Libel”, in The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore‎:

     In short, he lookt extremely natty, / And even contrived—to his own great wonder— / By dint of sundry scents from Gattie, / To keep the sulphurous hogo under.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     Some women for instance warn you off when they have their period. Come near. Then get a hogo you could hang your hat on. Like what? Potted herrings gone stale or. Boof! Please keep off the grass.

   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:

     He opened and let out a hogo of medicinal rum and beer. The bad tooth was a premolar.

• haut gout

• “Hogo” in [John Camden Hotten], The Slang Dictionary […], 5th edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, page 193.

hogo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほご