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hatchetation

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *kop-✻ — “to strike, to beat”
  2. derived from *hapjǭ✻
  3. derived from *happjā✻
  4. derived from *happia✻
  5. derived from hachete
  6. inherited from hachet
  7. suffixed as hatchetation — “hatchet + ation”

Definitions

  1. A violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar…

    A violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet.

    • I tell you I was strongly tempted to perform a little hatchetation on them. And cigarette smoke? Phew!
    • They'd carry on worse than Carry Nation did in all her hatchetations.
    • Carry's last hatchetation

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA