loophound

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noun

Someone who frequents saloons or other nightlife, originally specifically in Chicago's Loop district.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounloophound (plural loophounds)

plural loophounds

  1. USslangSomeone who frequents saloons or other nightlife, originally specifically in Chicago's Loop district.First known use 20th c.

    “Last I saw, she was supposed to be engaged to some North Shore loophound.”

    2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 4
    1 more example

    The Loop is a clamorous, smoke-infested district […] And he who frequents it at night in search of amusement and cheer is known, vulgarly, as a Loop-hound.

    1917, Edna Ferber, One Basket, London, published 1947, page 11

Origin

From loop + hound.

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APA

loophound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loophound

MLA

“loophound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loophound. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loophound,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loophound.

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