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HACKETY a) a hacking cough b) a hatchet c) the game of hopscotch d) bed coverings Answer below. Today's Featured Word RUSTICAN NOUN a countryman, a rustic, a peasant ...1570 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin rusticanus rustic FIRST DOCUMENTED USE Rusticane, rusticus From: Manipulus Vocabulorum A Dictionarie of English and Latine Wordes By: Peter Levins, 1570 EXAMPLE "...Marius was also a rusticane of the countrey." From: Petrarca's Phisicke Against Fortune Translated By: Thomas Twyne, 1579 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer HACKETY c) the game of hopscotch ...19C Eng. dial.
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