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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You may think so," answered the hackler, "but I do not.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
In the hands of a poor hackler the best of flax would be converted into tow.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
My heart aches for myself," answered the hackler, "because I very well remember what my own childhood was.
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
He was the father of Levi Baggs, the hackler, and people said he was never seen except on the occasion of a funeral.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
