hackthorn, noun
- Origin:
- Calque formed on South African Dutch haakdoorn.
obs.
haakdoring sense 1.
1936 E.C. Llewellyn Influence of Low Dutch 165Hackthorn,..a thorny shrub, so called from the hooked thorns.
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