hackmatack
AmericanEtymology
Origin of hackmatack
1765–75, earlier hackmetack woods, hakmantak dense forest or interwoven shrubbery of tamarack or other conifers; probably < Western Abenaki
Example Sentences
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He returned to the little hackmatack tree and again consulted the paper.
From Troop One of the Labrador by Wallace, Dillon
He made a hurried sign to the on-coming figure to follow him, ran ahead, and halted at last in the cover of a hackmatack bush.
From Clarence by Harte, Bret
As pine, beech, birch, ash, hackmatack, hemlock, spruce, bass-wood, maple, interweave their foliage in the natural wood, so these mortals blended their varieties of visage and garb.
From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman
There was no hackmatack tree at the end of his line.
From Troop One of the Labrador by Wallace, Dillon
A small hollow, overrun with hackmatack, led up towards the spot.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
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