hackle
noun
one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
hackler
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a word derived from
hackle.
Example Sentences
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"No, I ain't heard no more, Sarah," answered the hackler to Miss Northover's question.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
Levi Baggs, the hackler, proceeded presently to weigh his material and was taking it over the bridge to the hackling shop when he met John Best, the foreman.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
I had all the facts from Levi Baggs, the hackler.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
Spread upon this leathern roller was the hemp tow—that mass of short material which Levi Baggs, the hackler, pruned away from his long strides.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
Already Joe Ash began to grow restive under Levi's criticisms, and dimly to feel that the old hackler was better away.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
