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hawk
  1. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
  2. Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon
  3. (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions; a warmonger.
  4. (game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
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    1. “But we haven't resolved how to deal with Mr. Quayle, a war hawk who used family influence to get into the National Guard.”
hawker
  1. A peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell easily transportable goods.
  2. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae.
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    1. “The hawker set up his stall at the bustling market, offering a wide range of trinkets and souvenirs to the tourists.”
      “She was unable to carry out the simplest everyday chores and had had to abandon her previous job as a food hawker.”
      “Hester Lockyear of Beacon Bay gets a lick from the Maltese terrier pup she rescued from a roadside hawker in Transkei.”
hawk
  1. A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
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    1. “But we haven't resolved how to deal with Mr. Quayle, a war hawk who used family influence to get into the National Guard.”
hawker
  1. Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
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    1. “The hawker set up his stall at the bustling market, offering a wide range of trinkets and souvenirs to the tourists.”
      “She was unable to carry out the simplest everyday chores and had had to abandon her previous job as a food hawker.”
      “Hester Lockyear of Beacon Bay gets a lick from the Maltese terrier pup she rescued from a roadside hawker in Transkei.”
hawk
  1. An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
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    1. “But we haven't resolved how to deal with Mr. Quayle, a war hawk who used family influence to get into the National Guard.”
hawkishness
  1. The characteristic of being hawkish.
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    1. “All of that newfound hawkishness in Boston surely sounded odd to many of the decidedly anti-war delegates.”
      “He has demonstrated by his hawkishness on Kosovo and Afghanistan that he is willing to use force to defend American ideas and interests.”
      “But even this hawkishness hasn't spared him from set-tos with conservatives.”
hawkist
  1. Someone who espouses hawkism
hawkling
  1. A small, young, or immature hawk.
hawkism
  1. Hawkish foreign policy
hawking
hawklings
  1. plural of hawkling
hawkings
  1. plural of hawking
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    1. “Boats shuttled to and fro, and the hawkings and peddlings of all sorts of wares helped to create an amazing scene of activity and prosperity.”
      “The Hawkings and their friends in Cambridge showed little interest in fashion and pop music, although Jane was keen on minidresses and the latest hairstyles.”
hawkists
  1. plural of hawkist
hawkers
  1. plural of hawker
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    1. “Fantastically beautiful place, once you plough through the hawkers outside desperately trying to flog you the little red book.”
      “There is unquestionably some truth in that counter argument, which isn't voiced only by hawkers of Hollywood movies and TV shows.”
      “Despite the lights and the trains and the noise, it is quite easy to imagine the cries of the hawkers in a different age.”
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