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huckaback

Meaningpick-a-back (pedlar's pack)

Common meaning: a coarse linen used for towels

Journey through time

  1. Low Germanhukkebak‘pick-a-back’source
  2. Early English spellingHuckabacksource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftspick-a-back → a coarse linen used for towelshuckaback‘a coarse linen used for towels’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Low German hukkebak ‘pick-a-back (pedlar's pack)’.

Roots

  • hukkebak Low German “pick-a-back (pedlar's pack)”

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