hackmatack
AmericanEtymology
Origin of hackmatack
1765–75, earlier hackmetack woods, hakmantak dense forest or interwoven shrubbery of tamarack or other conifers; probably < Western Abenaki
Example Sentences
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In the spring he had laid the keel and riveted securely to it the squared hackmatack knees.
From International Short Stories American by Various
This bunch I hangs in the only hackmatack tree handy about.
From Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North by Wallace, Dillon
It brought him not to a hackmatack tree, but to the middle of several spruce trees.
From Troop One of the Labrador by Wallace, Dillon
A small hollow, overrun with hackmatack, led up towards the spot.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
There was no hackmatack tree at the end of his line.
From Troop One of the Labrador by Wallace, Dillon
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