Hindu/Hindoo ("do-over")

[Jerome Foster]

I remember it back in the thirties. I think it may have been a street
version of "hinder."

Jerome Foster
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> This surely comes from the 1950s in NYC, if not earlier. Does anybody have
> it?
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> (GOOGLE NEWS)
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> _This Column, by the Way, Is a 2nd Draft_
> (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/nyregion/17nyc.html)
> New York Times, United States -   <NOBR>Mar
> ... Small H  hindu meant a do-over. Don't ask about the word's origin.
> Haven'ta clue. But you heard it all the time in sidewalk and street ...
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> (PROQUEST)
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> _Herbie  Cried, 'Hit the Immie and Win 10!'_
> (http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=5&did=111012487&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VNam
> e=HNP&TS=1142659832&clientId=65882)
> By David B.  Saxe. New York Times (1857-Current file). New  York, N.Y.:
> Apr
> 7, 1979. p. 23 (1 page)
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> "That was a hindu [do-over]."
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> _Notre  Dame Only Played 1 Bad Game_
> (http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=114721084&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS
> =1142660058&clientId=65882)
> George Vecsey.  New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan
> 3,
> 1990. p. B9 (1 page)
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> This new method of ranking the college teams could be called a "Louie,"
> like
> the "best-ball" gimmick in a golf foursome or the "do-over" we used to
> claim
> in sandlot baseball, or what we used to call a "hindoo" when the ball hit
> a
> nasty crack when me and Julio used to play handball down by the
> schoolyard.
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