hocker
n.— «Morros and Finston, he afterward wrote Copland, were “political hockers—and the atmosphere they gave off is not fragrant. (But I’m afraid that is 95% of Hollywood.)”» —by Howard Pollack Aaron Copland Mar. 1, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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