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hackery Anglo-Ind.|ˈhækərɪ|
Also 8 hackary, 8–9 hackree, 9 hackaree, hackeray, -ee, -ie, hackrie.
[Origin not clear; perh. a corruption of Hindī chhakṛā a two-wheeled bullock-cart.]
The common native bullock-cart of India used for the transport of goods; also, in Western India and Sri Lanka, as formerly in Bengal, applied to a lighter carriage (drawn sometimes by horses) for the conveyance of persons.
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 83 We were forced to mount the Indian Hackery, a Two-wheeled Chariot, drawn by swift little Oxen. 1782W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. I. 264 The hackrees are in the nature of hackney-coaches; and like them, are let to the public for hire. 1793W. Hodges Trav. India 5 A hackery is a small covered carriage upon two wheels, drawn by bullocks, and used generally for the female part of the family. 1834H. Caunter Orient. Ann. x. 128 Carried in gaudy palankeens, or in hackeries, with gorgeous canopies, drawn by two prancing horses. 1845Stocqueler Brit. India (1854) 185 For the conveyance of heavy goods, hackries or bullock-carts are available. |