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hatchety

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English

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Etymology

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From hatchet +‎ -y.

Adjective

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hatchety (comparative more hatchety, superlative most hatchety)

  1. Resembling a hatchet.
    • 1921, Bertha Runkle, The Island, page 27:
      She'd been looking at him throughout his speech, at the lank height of him, the long-fingered, bony hands, the long head, rather hatchety, the deep-set gray eyes.