Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bully; a ruffian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
bully ; aruffian ; anassassin .
Etymologies
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From hack to cut.
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Examples
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Some sullen young Intenret hackster types also get completely rabid about telecoms.
World of SL 2009
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Some sullen young Intenret hackster types also get completely rabid about telecoms.
Second Thoughts 2009
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Childish and villanous than that hackster, whore, 455
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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= hackster =, a prostitute's gallant or protector.
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
yarb commented on the word hackster
Herewith all the people (outragiously incensed) with one conioyned outcrye yelled mainely, Away with him, away with him, Executioner torture him, teare him, or we will teare thee in peeces if thou spare him.
The executioner needed no exhortation herevnto, for of his owne nature was he hackster good enough: olde excellent hee was at a bone-ache.
- Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller, 1594
April 14, 2010