mahoff

mahoff
 n.— «Nobody ever raided this place, as long as it was in the family. Not when my grandfather, not when my father owned it. Too many bigshots ate here. Mahoffs. What they want with a raid?» —by Bill Kent Street Money Oct. 10, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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