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hawkery

hawkery noun: a place where hawks used for hunting are kept. Also the alternative form of Hawkery.

Noun (1)

hawkery (plural hawkeries)

  1. A place where hawks used for hunting are kept.
  2. The practice of hunting using hawks.

Noun (2)

hawkery (uncountable)

  1. Aggressive salesmanship.

Noun (3) capitalized: Hawkery

Hawkery (uncountable)

  1. The advocacy of war or analogous activity.
    • A principle of fiscal Hawkery was to never allow a planned deficit.
  2. Advocates of war or analogous activity.

Also used as

hawkery is also the alternative form of Hawkery.

Forms of hawkery

pluralhawkeries

Origin of hawkery

From hawk (“bird”) + -ery.

From hawk (“sell”) + -ery or hawker (“peddler”) + -y.

See Hawkery

Questions about hawkery

What does hawkery mean?
Hawkery means a place where hawks used for hunting are kept.
What part of speech is hawkery?
Hawkery is a noun.
What is the plural of hawkery?
The plural of hawkery is hawkeries.

Words near hawkery in the dictionary

  1. hawker centres
  2. Hawkeridge
  3. hawkeries
  4. hawkerless
  5. hawkers
  6. hawkery
  7. Hawkes
  8. Hawkesbury
  9. Hawkesbury Heights
  10. Hawkesdale
  11. Hawkesian

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