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

After that Exterminator was known to millions by his right name�as well as by his nicknames, which ranged from Hatrack to Old Slim to Poison to Old Bones.

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

In 1926 it impeded sales of the American Mercury containing "Hatrack."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Well, dog my cats, if he ain't ther orneriest-lookin' beast what ever toted a saddle," said Bud, looking him over, as Hatrack stood with drooping head and ears.

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