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ˈcross-ˈhackle, v. [cross- 6.] trans. To cross-question vexatiously or persistently: cf. hackle. Hence ˈcross-ˈhackling vbl. n.
1826J. Banim O'Hara Tales Ser. ii. Peggy Nowlan, We can cross-hackle her on the head of it. 1886P. Fitzgerald Fatal Zero xxx. (1888) 187 The good-humoured way in which I have borne all this cross-hackling. |