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an old or over-worked horse
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
one who works hard at boring tasks
(noun) hack writer, literary hack
a mediocre and disdained writer
(noun) machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler
a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
(verb) whoop
cough spasmodically
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day
(verb) cut up
significantly cut up a manuscript
(verb) hack on
fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best
(verb) chop
cut with a hacking tool
(verb) cut
be able to manage or manage successfully
I can't hack it anymore; she could not cut the long days in the office