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Definition of Hackie
1. a taxicab driver [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hackie
Literary usage of Hackie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Magazine (1870)
"To paid for Toddy at Cox- Ar. mending Solo 0 . 9 . — hackie 0. 2. ... To Ferriage
from Cox- hackie to Nutten Hook 0 . 3 . ..."
2. Old English Sports by Frederick William Hackwood (1907)
"... Stool-ball of dairymaids—The original form of Cricket— Cambuca, the English
Goff—Bandy, or Stow-ball—Shindy, or hackie—Pall Mall—Ring-ball—Fives, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State by Alonzo Christopher Paige, New York (State). Court of Chancery (1863)
"The case of hackie v. Cairns, (5 Cowen, 547,) establishes the principle that an
insolvent cannot legally make a provision for himself or family, ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"hackie, ». The game of Goff. HACKIN, ». A pudding made in the maw of a sheep or
hog, formerly a standard dish at Christmas. HACKING-COUGH, s. ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"1 Since writing the above I have received a letter from Dr. hackie of Alexandria,
in which he states that the population of Damietta was larger in. ..."
6. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand (1849)
"He adds, "in London this game is called hackie. It seems to he the same which is
designed not in Gloucest.; the name being borrowed from the ball, ..."
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