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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
hawk .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Aww, is poor little hawky wang all butt hurt because we made fun of the barely sentient bimbo? poor little guy, he was depending on HER to protect him from the scawwy tewwowists call whine wun wun this pansy needs a waaambulance
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A very slow 4th grader. palin may be a rube, but she is also a quitter. hawky loves him some quitter ….
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There is a reason (even hawky knows this) that Palin only goes where she is loved.
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Never forget that this is a bipartisan effort — in fact the Democrats in Congress are often at least as AIPAC war-hawky as the GOP, if not more so.
Iran War Resolution May Be Passed Next Week « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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Her hawky nose was bent over a short upper lip and meaningless mouth.
Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One Margot Asquith 1904
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His nose was hawky; his eyes a Latin brown, alert and roving, though there was a hint of weariness in them, the pressure of long, racking hours of ceaseless vigilance.
The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath 1901
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The five days 'growth of blondish stubble, the discoloured eye -- for all the orb itself was brilliant -- and the hawky nose combined to send through her the first great thrill of danger she had ever known.
The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath 1901
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In his address, Obama said the escalation was of "vital national Interest" and, wow, can he sound hawky when he wants to.
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