Definition of Hackies

1. Noun. (plural of hackie) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hackies

1. hackie [n] - See also: hackie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hackies

hacker
hackerdom
hackeries
hackerish
hackerproof
hackers
hackerspace
hackerspaces
hackery
hackette
hackettes
hackeysack
hackeysacks
hackie
hackier
hackies (current term)
hackiest
hackily
hacking
hacking cough
hacking coughs
hacking it
hacking run
hacking runs
hackingly
hackings
hackish
hackishly
hackle
hackleback

Literary usage of Hackies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1846)
"... abusing their privilege, have, contrary to the articles of their charter, imposed certain punishments, vulgarly called hackies, upon some of the vassals ..."

2. High-ways and By-ways: Or Tales of the Roadside; Picked Up in the French by Thomas Colley Grattan (1840)
"Each hour which brought them nearer to their end showed them the terrible novelties of life. Dungeons and •hackies, and bloo>l and blasphemy, ..."

3. The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1847)
"When the water, in such weather, is ruffled by a fresh breeze, larger hackies and flies of the same color may be used When the water is clearing after rain, ..."

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