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hackle

n.
US //ˈhækəɫ// UK //hˈækəl// hack·le Archaic Slang
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Origin

From Middle English hakle (compare the compound meshakele), from Old English hæcla, hacele, from Proto-Germanic *hakulǭ, equivalent to hack + -le. Cognate with Dutch hekel, German Hechel.

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