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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.
2. 2
   A city, the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

   "Driving like a fool out to Hackensack / Drinking his dinner from a paper sack"

3. 3
   A city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after Hackensack in New Jersey.

Example

More examples

"Driving like a fool out to Hackensack / Drinking his dinner from a paper sack"

Etymology

Borrowed from Unami ahkin'kèshaki (“place where the ground is sharp or rough”). Doublet of Achkinckeshacky.

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