单词 | hackery |
释义 | hackeryn.1 Anglo-Indian. In India: a two-wheeled cart drawn by oxen, chiefly used to transport goods; a bullock cart. Also (esp. in western India and Sri Lanka): a light carriage, drawn by oxen or (occasionally) horses, used to transport people. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > drawn by oxen hackery1696 1696 J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 254 Oxen..by constant and long Exercise..acquire a great Facility and Speed of Foot in drawing the Hackeries. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 83 We were forced to mount the Indian Hackery, a Two-wheeled Chariot, drawn by swift little Oxen. 1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India ix. 259 The Streets [of Surat] are wide and commodious; otherwise the Hackerys, which are very common, would be an Inconveniency. 1782 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 264 The hackrees are in the nature of hackney-coaches; and like them, are let to the public for hire. 1834 H. Caunter Oriental Ann. x. 128 Carried in gaudy palankeens, or in hackeries, with gorgeous canopies, drawn by two prancing horses. 1857 T. H. Lewin Let. 21 Oct. in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 167 I got my luggage conveyed on two hackeries, which are rough carts drawn by two bullocks. 1913 L. S. Woolf Village in Jungle viii. 239 You there get the bull put into the hackery. 1973 J. G. Farrell Siege of Krishnapur viii. 113 A crowd..had assembled with bundles of bedding and other possessions loaded on to hackeries. 2000 M. Ondaatje Anil's Ghost 227 His book includes etchings—a hackery travelling along canopied roads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hackeryn.2 Written (or occasionally spoken) material that is hackneyed; esp. a piece of hack writing, or pieces of hack writing considered collectively. Also: the action or process of hack writing. ΚΠ 1914 Princeton Alumni Weekly 2 Dec. 247/3 Writing..odds and ends of newspaper drudgery for that fortunate journal which every one of the Nassovian broods votes ‘favorite’—[I'm] just so busy as that delightful hackery..healthfully keeps a man. 1931 Sat. Rev. 18 July 79/1 Public speaking is important, and neglected. Party hackery is, perhaps, the worst training... It is formalistic, stilted and out of date. 1957 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 10 Oct. 24/1 There have been a lot of myths about who really gave the dynamic Mr Warren his big break—but the truth makes the Hollywood-like fables pale into impoverished hackery. 1984 Observer 9 Dec. 23/7 Most hackery deserves to be recycled only as the wrapping for fish suppers. 1999 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. 26/4 If almost any other journalist had written that..I would have dismissed it as pure hackery. 2015 China Daily (European ed.) (Nexis) 15 May (Life section) Chinese self-help books..are often examples of the very worst kind of hackery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11696n.21914 |
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