Horgan [hawr-guh n] EXAMPLES| noun Paul,1903–95, U.S. novelist and historian. Liberaldictionary.com
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Then Dolan brought an action against Horgan for not paying him his wages for six months labour done—the wages being two guineas.
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh: The Irish Sketch Book
William Makepeace Thackeray
All I know is, ‘t were a mixture of a flute and a blackbird, and the play-’em-out-of-Church pipes of the horgan.
R. D. Blackmore
The fine frenzy was proved by the fury with which the woman flung wide the portal that the horgan might be drored out.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914
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The acting and accessories were perfect; and what poor Robson used to term the “horgan” of Triballos, was wonderful.
Charles Maurice Davies
You’ll find, Mr. Finn, that in public life there’s nothing like having a horgan to back you.
Anthony Trollope