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** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. One who, or something which, whack s.
2. * [1=en]
3. [en] [en] .
4. [en] [en] .
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1857 | author=Thomas Hughes | title=Tom Brown's School Days
|passage="Oh, there's a WHACKER!" cried East; "we haven't been within a
hundred yards of his barn; we haven't been up here above ten minutes, and
we've seen nothing but a tough old guinea-hen, who ran like a greyhound."}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1908 | author=w:Morley Roberts | chapter= Basa Sunda: The Blue Peter/The Captain of the Ullswater | title=The Blue Peter
|passage=But all the while Captain Amos Brown was telling WHACKERS that would
have done credit to Baron Munchausen, he was really thinking of how he was to
save those whose passage to a port not named in any bills of lading looked
almost certain.}}
1. [en] A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies.
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