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Definition of Hackery
1. n. A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks.
Definition of Hackery
1. Noun. (obsolete) A two-wheeled cart used in Asia. ¹
2. Noun. (slang mostly pejorative) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hackery
1. an ox-drawn cart for moving goods [n HACKERIES]
Medical Definition of Hackery
1. A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. Origin: Hind. Chakra. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hackery
Literary usage of Hackery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The land of Ind; or, Glimpses of India by James Kerr (1873)
"The hackery, or village cart, is a rude kind of vehicle, commonly drawn by ...
A more rude or primitive machine than the common hackery is seldom seen. ..."
2. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"... CHAPTER IV Cynthia's early morning mount—King's House and Mrs. Grundy—First
ride in a bull-hackery—Moonlight of Ceylon — A genuine ..."
3. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"... CHAPTER IV Cynthia's early morning mount—King's House and Mrs. Grundy—First
ride in a bull-hackery—Moonlight of Ceylon — A genuine ..."
4. Randigal Rhymes and a Glossary of Cornish Words by Joseph Thomas (1895)
"... hiery, hackery, heaven ; Hack a bone, crack a bone, ten or eleven. Baked,
stewed, fried in the sun, ..."
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