Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small trough or sledge in which people used formerly to slide down an inclined plane on the side of a hill.
- noun An ill-hung carriage: in contempt.
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Examples
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The boys of Edinburgh, about twenty years ago, used to play at the hurly-hacket on the Calton
The Lady of the Lake 1810
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The boys of Edinburgh, about twenty years ago, used to play at the hurly-hacket on the Calton
The Lady of the Lake Walter Scott 1801
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