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ginger-hackled en · ADJ

Etymology

Originally used to describe a certain colour or colours in gamecocks. See hackle.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete, slang) Having reddish or flaxen hair.
    • Speak lower. Somebody may be on the watch — perhaps that old ginger-hackled Jew. 1865, William Harrison Ainsworth, Jack Sheppard: A Romance, page 113:
    • “Lord Meriweather!” came a shout from the hallway. A ginger-hackled footman careened to a stop by the open door. 2014, Jo Ann Brown, A Bride for the Baron, page 39: