Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who hackles; a flax-dresser; a heckler or hatcheler.
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- noun A worker who separated the coarse part of
flax orhemp with ahackle ; aflax-dresser
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Examples
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Although the hackler has the right to express himself, he did it in a way that was disrespectful to people like me.
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In the hands of a poor hackler the best of flax would be converted into tow.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Heckler = person who verbaly harasses others Usage: The hackler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks.
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Usage: The hackler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks.
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