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Definition of Huckabacks
1. huckaback [n] - See also: huckaback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Huckabacks
Literary usage of Huckabacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Loom and bleached medium huckabacks. Loom and bleached medical rubbers. Grey Baden
Badens. ... Table huckabacks. Grey and bleached table diapers. ..."
2. The National Almanac and Annual Record (1863)
"... value яя above Handkerchiefs, value a* above huckabacks, value as above Lawns,
value ля above Liniments Raffs, for making paper Linseed per bushel Cakes ..."
3. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition (1851)
"Loom and bleached medium huckabacks. Loom and bleached medical rubbers. Urey Baden
Badens. ... Table huckabacks. Grey and bleached table diapers. ..."
4. Walks in Yorkshire; Wakefield and Its Neighbourhood: With Map, and Fifty by W[illiam] S[tott] Banks (1871)
"About 1810 finer goods were made—broad sheetings, damask, diaper, and huckabacks.
About 1828 " fancy " drills were manufactured. Cotton was first spun here ..."
5. Practical Abridgement of the Laws of Customs and Excise ...Commerce (1819)
"And whereas diapers, huckabacks, sheeting, and other in«t"n"C*c ... huckabacks,
sheeting, and other species of linen aforesaid, " that a bounty be granted ..."
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