prohi

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of prohibition.

Noun

prohi (plural prohis)

  1. (US, slang) A prohibitionist; a Prohibition agent. [from 20th c.]
    • 1924, Dashiell Hammett, Nightmare Town, published 2001, page 228:
      The Prohis showed up there this morning and grabbed Lucky.
    • 2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 14:
      Hicks, making his way past a couple of prohis collecting their weekly payoff, what appear to be large cartons full of ice-cream cones, gets to the Ideal Pharmacy in the lull between lunchtime and school letting out […] .
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