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tackey

tackey noun: a scrubby, neglected horse.

Noun

tackey (plural tackeys)

  1. (Southern US, US) A scrubby, neglected horse.
    • Riding a small tackey[…], he was compelled continually to be on the look-out for, and defence against, the overhanging branches and vines clustering about the trees, through which his horse, in its own desire to clamber over the roots, continually and most annoyingly bore him.1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter IX, page 115
  2. (Southern US, US) A person in a similar condition.

Forms of tackey

pluraltackeys
alternative formtacky

Questions about tackey

What does tackey mean?
Tackey means a scrubby, neglected horse.
What part of speech is tackey?
Tackey is a noun.
What is the plural of tackey?
The plural of tackey is tackeys.

Words near tackey in the dictionary

  1. tacket
  2. tackets
  3. Tackett
  4. Tacketts
  5. tackety
  6. tackey
  7. tackeys
  8. tackie
  9. tackier
  10. tackies
  11. tackiest

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