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hackmatack

noun hack·ma·tack \ˈhak-mə-ˌtak\

Definition of HACKMATACK

:  tamarack
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Origin of HACKMATACK

earlier hakmantak, probably from Western Abenaki (Algonquian language of New Hampshire and Vermont)
First Known Use: 1792

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