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hatchetation en · NOUN

Etymology

From hatchet + -ation, coined by Carrie Nation (1846-1911) to describe her own acts of vandalism. Possibly a pun on agitation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet.
   • […] a more confrontational shot: Carry in battle dress, threatening the photographer with hatchetation. 1999, Karen Joy Fowler, Black glass: short fictions:
   • Annie Diggs, a noted suffragist and nationally renowned Populist who later applauded Carry Nation's hatchetation of saloons, gave a lecture in Holton on "The Social Evil." 2001, Fran Grace, Carry A. Nation: retelling the life:
   • They'd carry on worse than Carry Nation did in all her hatchetations. 1976, Frederick Feikema Manfred, Milk of wolves:
   • Carry's last hatchetation 1978, Joan Swallow Reiter, The Women:
   • I tell you I was strongly tempted to perform a little hatchetation on them. And cigarette smoke? Phew! 1936, Laurence Greene, America goes to press: the news of yesterday:
   • Carry Nation's hatchetation, or joint-smashing displays, helped pave the way for the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment […] 2002, Bonnie C Harvey, Carry A. Nation: Saloon Smasher and Prohibitionist:

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