hatrack

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Coover even relished the baseball-ish names of the players he invented — Swanee Law, Tuck Wilson, Hatrack Hines.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2011

The Galloping Hatrack looked like an appropriate steed for Sleepy Hollow's legendary horseman, but he had his own legend to make.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Never give your right name to anybody; otherwise they've got you," gets involved in a harebrained "Operation Hatrack" conceived by "Uncle Bertie," otherwise Brigadier General Bertram Tracepurcel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two days later, Editor Mencken was informed that the U. S. Post Office Department had barred from the mails not only the issue of the American Mercury containing "Hatrack," but all reprints in whatever form.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had, of course, decided in favor of Hatrack, while the big man had declared for a foul and no decision, and the third judge stood wavering.

From Ted Strong's Motor Car by Taylor, Edward C.