hackee


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hackee

(ˈhækiː)
n
(Animals) another name for chipmunk
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.hackee - small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek poucheshackee - small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
eastern chipmunk, ground squirrel, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus
squirrel - a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
genus Tamias, Tamias - chipmunks of eastern North America
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"IT is getting perfectly full- up down-stairs; the sitting-room is full, and they are rolling along the passage; and my husband, Chippy Hackee, has run away and left me.
Goody Tiptoes; "but where is Chippy Hackee? My husband, Timmy Tiptoes, has run away too." "I know where Chippy is; a little bird told me," said Mrs.
"Yes, I could," said the Chipmunk, "but my husband, Chippy Hackee, bites!"
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