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tackeys

tackeys is the plural of tackey.

Meaning of tackey

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.

Questions about tackeys

What is tackeys the plural of?
Tackeys is the plural of tackey.

Words near tackeys in the dictionary

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

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