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woodhack

woodhack noun: the yaffle.

Noun

woodhack (plural woodhacks)

  1. The yaffle
    • The woodhacke, that syngeth ‘chur’,
      Horsly, as he had the mur; […]c. 1505, John Skelton, Phyllyp Sparowe; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 82, lines 418–419

Forms of woodhack

pluralwoodhacks
alternative formwoodhacker

Questions about woodhack

What does woodhack mean?
Woodhack means the yaffle.
What part of speech is woodhack?
Woodhack is a noun.
What is the plural of woodhack?
The plural of woodhack is woodhacks.

Words near woodhack in the dictionary

  1. Woodgreen
  2. woodgrouse
  3. woodgrouses
  4. woodgrub
  5. woodgrubs
  6. woodhack
  7. woodhacker
  8. woodhackers
  9. woodhacks
  10. Woodhall
  11. Woodhall Spa

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