Etymology

hogan-mogan

Today it means: A kind of strong alcoholic drink. Full definition →

Dutch hoogmogenden
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  1. Dutch · borrowed fromhoogmogenden
  2. English todayhogan-mogan

Borrowed from Dutch hoogmogenden or hoogmogendheden (“eminence”, title of members of the States General).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.