Etymology of "mook" & "moko"
- From: Jay Schneider <jschnei@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:31:18 -0400
Jerry Orbach's character on L&O would often refer to hoodlums as
"mooks". I figured it was some slang word that survived only among
older cops. Then, I watched the movie "Algiers" (made in 1939) in which
Charles Boyer plays a gangster called "Pepe le Moko". Are "mook" and
"moko" related? What's the etymology (and meaning) of these words?
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