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letterhacks

letterhacks is the plural of letterhack.

letterhacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of letterhack.

Meaning of letterhack

Noun

letterhack (plural letterhacks)

  1. (dated, slang) A fan who is a prolific writer of letters to periodicals.
    • Nowadays a letter-hack says things simply, which is, after all, the best way. Take any good story. You don't find long, stilted sentences with long-winded descriptions (which was one reason I put ‘The Dimension of Chance’ last). So listen and learn, letter-hacks.1946 Fall, Tom Jewett, Startling Stories, volume 14, number 2, page 102
    Synonyms:
    epistolarian, loccer

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Questions about letterhacks

What is letterhacks the plural of?
Letterhacks is the plural of letterhack.

Words near letterhacks in the dictionary

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

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