Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus.) a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex.

1953		T.A.G. Hungerford Riverslake 37: Now, get out, you cheeky hooer!
1960		R.M. Muir Word for Word 184: Is that the fat hooer?
1966		P. Boyle At Night All Cats Are Grey 71: I’ll give that bocketty hoor a drink he’ll not forget in a hurry.
1968		D. O’Grady A Bottle of Sandwiches 191: Rum, you higorant hooer. Any idiot knows that.
1970		C. Brown Down All the Days 82: God’s curse on you, you red-headed oul hoor!
1979		J. Morrow Confessions of Proinsias O’Toole 45: A thirsty looking huer if ever I saw one.
1985		T. Murphy Conversations on a Homecoming (1986) 45: I think the poor hoor – like his illustrious predecessor – does not know where he is himself.
1991		J. Kennedy The People who Drank Water from the River 81: Isn’t he a great hoor of an ass to get himself tangled up like that!
1999		P. McCabe Mondo Desperado 27: You gimpy-looking hoor and that fucker along with you! You hear me?
2005		H. Mantel Beyond Black 107: Gloria is a cheap hoor.

2. (Aus.) any creature.

1968

D. O’Grady A Bottle of Sandwiches 52: ‘Holy cow,’ Pat said. ‘They’re big hooers, let’s get some potting practice’. [...] the bay rapidly filled and the sharks got larger.