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hatchetation

hatchetation noun: a violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet.

Noun

hatchetation (countable and uncountable, plural hatchetations)

  1. A violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet.
    • I tell you I was strongly tempted to perform a little hatchetation on them. And cigarette smoke? Phew!1936, Laurence Greene, America goes to press: the news of yesterday
    • They'd carry on worse than Carry Nation did in all her hatchetations.1976, Frederick Feikema Manfred, Milk of wolves

Examples of hatchetation in a sentence

  • […] a more confrontational shot: Carry in battle dress, threatening the photographer with hatchetation.1999, Karen Joy Fowler, Black glass: short fictions:
  • Annie Diggs, a noted suffragist and nationally renowned Populist who later applauded Carry Nation's hatchetation of saloons, gave a lecture in Holton on "The Social Evil."2001, Fran Grace, Carry A. Nation: retelling the life:
  • Carry Nation's hatchetation, or joint-smashing displays, helped pave the way for the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment […]2002, Bonnie C Harvey, Carry A. Nation: Saloon Smasher and Prohibitionist:

Forms of hatchetation

pluralhatchetations

Origin of hatchetation

From hatchet + -ation, coined by Carrie Nation (1846-1911) to describe her own acts of vandalism. Possibly a pun on agitation.

Questions about hatchetation

What does hatchetation mean?
Hatchetation means a violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet.
How do you use hatchetation in a sentence?
[…] a more confrontational shot: Carry in battle dress, threatening the photographer with hatchetation.
What part of speech is hatchetation?
Hatchetation is a noun.
What is the plural of hatchetation?
The plural of hatchetation is hatchetations.

Words near hatchetation in the dictionary

  1. hatchet wound
  2. hatchet wounds
  3. hatchet-faced
  4. hatchet-man
  5. hatchet-men
  6. hatchetation
  7. hatchetations
  8. hatcheted
  9. hatchetfaced
  10. hatchetfish
  11. hatchetfishes

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