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Definition of Tackies
1. tacky [n] - See also: tacky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tackies
Literary usage of Tackies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adams Cable Codex by Houghton, F.O., & Co, Adams, E.A. & Co (1896)
"... freight and insurance, on following cargo delivered at vessel's tackies at
... cargo from New York and delivered at vessel's tackies at this port. ..."
2. Carolina Chansons: Legends of the Low Countryby DuBose Heyward, Hervey Allen by DuBose Heyward, Hervey Allen (1922)
"... MARSH tackies * BROWSING on the salty marsh grass, Barrel-ribbed and
blowsy-bellied, With a neigh as shrill as whistles And their mouths red-raw from ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"said Mr. Jones ; " you don't really mean to afflict these wretched tackies with
such loads of baggage as we have here." Mr. Dindon was aroused. ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1838 An accident happening to my horse, I wap obliged to hire one of the little
animals called "marsh tackies" to curry me over a creek. ..."
5. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1917)
"These were the "sand-hillers," the "clay-eaters," the "crackers," the "tackies,"
the "piney-woods men," the "backwoods people," or whatever their local name ..."
6. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1917)
"These were the "sand-hillers," the "clay-eaters," the "crackers," the "tackies,"
the "piney-woods men," the "backwoods people," or whatever their local name ..."
7. The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris by Julia Collier Harris, Katherine H. Wootten (1918)
"But he can't make the tackies too forlorn. Beg him also to give the old negro
man some dignity, and to remember the distinction between the Guinea negro ..."
8. The Adams Cable Codex by Houghton, F.O., & Co, Adams, E.A. & Co (1896)
"... freight and insurance, on following cargo delivered at vessel's tackies at
... cargo from New York and delivered at vessel's tackies at this port. ..."
9. Carolina Chansons: Legends of the Low Countryby DuBose Heyward, Hervey Allen by DuBose Heyward, Hervey Allen (1922)
"... MARSH tackies * BROWSING on the salty marsh grass, Barrel-ribbed and
blowsy-bellied, With a neigh as shrill as whistles And their mouths red-raw from ..."
10. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"said Mr. Jones ; " you don't really mean to afflict these wretched tackies with
such loads of baggage as we have here." Mr. Dindon was aroused. ..."
11. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1838 An accident happening to my horse, I wap obliged to hire one of the little
animals called "marsh tackies" to curry me over a creek. ..."
12. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1917)
"These were the "sand-hillers," the "clay-eaters," the "crackers," the "tackies,"
the "piney-woods men," the "backwoods people," or whatever their local name ..."
13. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1917)
"These were the "sand-hillers," the "clay-eaters," the "crackers," the "tackies,"
the "piney-woods men," the "backwoods people," or whatever their local name ..."
14. The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris by Julia Collier Harris, Katherine H. Wootten (1918)
"But he can't make the tackies too forlorn. Beg him also to give the old negro
man some dignity, and to remember the distinction between the Guinea negro ..."
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