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hackwork
[
hak
-wurk
]
hack·work
/
ˈhækˌwɜrk
/
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[
hak
-wurk
]
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noun
writing, painting, or any professional
work
done for hire and usually following a formula rather than being motivated by any creative impulse.
Origin:
1850–55;
hack
2
+
work
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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hackwork
(ˈhækˌwɜːk)
—
n
undistinguished literary work produced to order
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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