hack
/hæk/ noun C1- A dry cough.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
Plural hacks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He has been laid up with a hack, and once he slipped his knee-cap, but that was nothing.”
Long does not keep a carriage, and had to come to the ball in a hack chaise.”
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