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Hokan
Hokan-Siouan
hoke
hokey
hokey cokey
hokey-pokey
Hokkaido
Hokkien
hokku
hokonui
hokum
hol-
holandric
Holarctic
hold (1)
hold (2)
hold back
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hokku

hok·ku [ hṓkoo ] (plural hok·ku)


noun 
Definition:
 
literature 
Another spelling of  haiku


[Late 19th century. < Japanese, "opening verse (of a sequence of comic verses)"]
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