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Hawkie vs Hackie - What's the difference?

hawkie | hackie |

As nouns the difference between hawkie and hackie

is that hawkie is (geordie) a white faced cow while hackie is (us) a taxicab driver.

hawkie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Geordie) A white faced cow.

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    hackie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A taxicab driver.
  • *1953 , (Raymond Chandler), The Long Goodbye , Penguin 2010, p. 9:
  • *:There was a taxi stand there and I yanked open the door. ‘He goes first,’ the hackie said, jerking a thumb at the cab ahead.
  • *1955 , (Rex Stout), "Die Like a Dog", , Bantam Books 1994 (ISBN 0553249592), p. 163:
  • *: If she kicked and screamed I would merely give the hackie another address.