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hawkery¹

Where it comes from

From hawk (“bird”) + -ery.

noun hawkeries

  1. A place where hawks used for hunting are kept.
  2. The practice of hunting using hawks.

hawkery²

Where it comes from

From hawk (“sell”) + -ery or hawker (“peddler”) + -y.

noun

  1. uncountable Aggressive salesmanship.

hawkery³

Where it comes from

See Hawkery

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of Hawkery

Hawkery⁴

Where it comes from

From hawk (“advocate of war or warlike behavior”) + -ery.

noun

  1. uncountable The advocacy of war or analogous activity. A principle of fiscal Hawkery was to never allow a planned deficit.
  2. uncountable Advocates of war or analogous activity.

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@misc{hawkery_2026,
  title = {hawkery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hawkery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}