Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Crooked; curving like a hawk's bill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hawk . - adjective Curved like a hawk's
bill ;crooked .
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Examples
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Neither are the residents of the Pacific Northwest 'sleepless in Seattle,' nor is insomnia confined to our greater Seattle area, despite the continuing T-shirts with this phrase hawked at Sea-Tac Airp ...
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Neither are the residents of the Pacific Northwest 'sleepless in Seattle,' nor is insomnia confined to our greater Seattle area, despite the continuing T-shirts with this phrase hawked at Sea-Tac Airp ...
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Neither are the residents of the Pacific Northwest 'sleepless in Seattle,' nor is insomnia confined to our greater Seattle area, despite the continuing T-shirts with this phrase hawked at Sea-Tac Airport!
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Concession, in which Mr. Kruger's son-in-law 'hawked' about for the highest bid the vote of the Executive Council on a matter which had not yet come before it, and, moreover, sold and duly delivered the aforesaid vote.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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President's nearest relatives have been proved to be concerned in the most flagrant jobs, only to be screened by his influence; such cases, for instance, as that of the Vaal River Water Supply Concession, in which Mr. Kruger's son-in-law 'hawked' about for the highest bid the vote of the Executive Council on a matter which had not yet come before it, and, moreover, sold and duly delivered the aforesaid vote.
The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs 1896
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Spring began very early: even at the end of February the fields were green, parks hastened to bedeck themselves in their leafy wings, the blossoms hastened to bloom and fall; the opening days of May saw fruit on the apple-trees; and prematurely ripe cherries were "hawked" in the streets, beside bouquets of late blooming violets.
Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
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Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, claimed that Mr Clegg had "hawked" his way around university campuses seeking student votes ahead of the general election, but had since been
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, claimed that Mr Clegg had "hawked" his way around university campuses seeking student votes ahead of the general election, but had since been
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, claimed that Mr Clegg had "hawked" his way around university campuses seeking student votes ahead of the general election, but had since been
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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