hackmatack

[ hak-muh-tak ]

/ ˈhæk məˌtæk /

noun

Origin of hackmatack

1765–75, Americanism; earlier hackmetack woods, hakmantak dense forest or interwoven shrubbery of tamarack or other conifers; probably < Western Abenaki

Words nearby hackmatack

hackle fly, hackleback, hackles, hackly, hackman, hackmatack, hackney, hackney coach, hackneyed, hacksaw, hacktivism

Example sentences from the Web for hackmatack

Will Hackmatack, who was with us, had a blister on his foot, so he went with the riding party.

How To Do It |Edward Everett Hale
It brought him not to a hackmatack tree, but to the middle of several spruce trees.

Troop One of the Labrador |Dillon Wallace
He made a hurried sign to the on-coming figure to follow him, ran ahead, and halted at last in the cover of a hackmatack bush.

Clarence |Bret Harte
The two principal American species are also called tamarack and hackmatack.

The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties |Charles H. (Charles Henry) Snow

I ought not to have known what Edmeston said, or what Will Hackmatack said.

How To Do It |Edward Everett Hale

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hackmatack

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Origin of hackmatack

Words nearby hackmatack

Example sentences from the Web for hackmatack