Scandahoovian

English

Alternative forms

• Scandihoovian

Etymology

Attested since the early 20th century.

Adjective

Scandahoovian (comparative more Scandahoovian, superlative most Scandahoovian)

1. (slang) American and of Scandinavian ancestry.

   Synonyms: Scowegian, Souwegian

   • 1911, Henry Cottrell Rowland, The Magnet:

     If my father is a rough old brute of a pig-headed Scandahoovian sailor, then my sweetheart is the darlingest and loveliest of women, although she is scarcely more than a child.

Noun

Scandahoovian (plural Scandahoovians)

1. (slang) An American of Scandinavian ancestry.

   Synonyms: Scowegian, Souwegian