Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cahoot
Origin
From earlier cahoot. This word was used in popular English literature in the early nineteenth century. It comes perhaps from French cahute, from Middle French quahute, from Old French *cahute, chahute, possibly as a blend of cabane and/or caverne + Old French hute; or alternatively from Old French ca- + hute. Also possibly considered to be from French cohorte, or a slang form of English cohort in the meaning "accomplice."
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