huckaback
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
huckaback (countable and uncountable, plural huckabacks)
- A type of coarse, absorbent cotton or linen fabric used for making towels.
- 1910, H G Wells, The History of Mr Polly, page 27:
- "Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop.
Translations[edit]
coarse cotton or linen
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References[edit]
- “huckaback”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.