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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Bengal, a rude two-wheeled cart drawn by oxen, used by the natives for the transport of goods, etc.
  • noun In western India and Ceylon, a light covered vehicle drawn by small oxen, for the transportation of passengers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Bengal A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.
  • noun slang Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.

Etymologies

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Hindi

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hack +‎ -ery, related to hack, a bad writer.

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