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letterhacking

letterhacking is the present participle and gerund of letterhack.

Meaning of letterhack

Verb

letterhack (third-person singular simple present letterhacks, present participle letterhacking, simple past and past participle letterhacked)

  1. (dated, slang) To write letters to periodicals very frequently.
    • It was in those letter columns that I was first exposed to the concept of fandom. Letterhacking was in high bloom in 1951; the letter columns were filled with chatty letters from all sorts of people, the names of whom I soon came to recognize.1976 November, Ted White, “Twenty Five Years? That's--”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 6, page 23

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What is letterhacking the present participle and gerund of?
Letterhacking is the present participle and gerund of letterhack.

Words near letterhacking in the dictionary

  1. letterfounders
  2. lettergram
  3. lettergrams
  4. letterhack
  5. letterhacked
  6. letterhacking
  7. letterhacks
  8. letterhead
  9. letterheaded
  10. letterheading
  11. letterheadings

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