ablewackets

English

Noun

ablewackets pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative spelling of able whackets.
    • 2011, Desiree Jury, Two Shadows, Wellington: Naki Press, →ISBN, page 85:
      Three sailors, clutching their cards like fans, were preoccupied with able[-]wackets, the winner administering the forfeit of mighty thwacks across the loser's palm with a knotted handkerchief.
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