noun
Meaning 1
A place where hawks used for hunting are kept.
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Standard Lemma guide
hawkery
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noun
Meaning 2
The practice of hunting using hawks.
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noun
Meaning 3
Aggressive salesmanship.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of Hawkery.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The advocacy of war or analogous activity.
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Usage: uncountable
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- A principle of fiscal Hawkery was to never allow a planned deficit.
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noun
Meaning 6
Advocates of war or analogous activity.
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Usage: uncountable
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History
Etymology
From hawk (“bird”) + -ery.
From hawk (“sell”) + -ery or hawker (“peddler”) + -y.
See Hawkery
From hawk (“advocate of war or warlike behavior”) + -ery.