tackies
Britishplural noun
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Origin of tackies
C20: probably from tacky 1 , with reference to their nonslip rubber soles
Example Sentences
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He had discovered that the vegetables went to the maintenance of a small colony of "tackies" that had settled near Shady Dale—"dirt-eaters" they were called.
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All his time, as well as the modest fortune left him by his wife who was dead, was devoted to the work of improving and elevating the Tackies; and he never permitted himself to doubt for an instant that reasonable success was crowning his efforts.
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I've seen some monst'ous sick people around here; and if anybody'll look at them Tackies out on the Ridge yonder, and then tell me there's any health in this neighborhood, then I'll give up.
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Within a stone's throw of Azalia there was a scattering settlement of these Tackies.
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I reckon maybe you ain't used to seein' piny-woods Tackies.
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