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▪ I. Walker, n.3|ˈwɔːkə(r)|
The name of John W. Walker (b. 1802) used absol. and attrib. to designate an American fox-hound, usually black, white, and tan, belonging to a strain originally developed by the Walker family.
1904J. A. Graham Sporting Dogs ix. 134 The Walkers are chiefly bred by men in Kentucky of that name and have been shipped to nearly every part of America where foxes are found. Ibid. 135 The Walker hounds are fast. 1940W. Faulkner Hamlet 58 A man named Houston, heeled by a magnificent grave blue-ticked Walker hound, led a horse up to the blacksmith shop. 1964J. Griffen Hunting Dogs Amer. v. 195 The Walker Hound is the most popular strain of Foxhound in America today. 1980Hunting Ann. 1981 17/1 Caswell has his two best strike hounds in place: Dan is a registered Walker and a fighter; his white-brown-and-black coat is creased here and there with old scars left by the claws and teeth of a bear.
▪ II. Walker, int.|ˈwɔːkə(r)|
More fully Hookey Walker.
[Always written with initial capital; prob. a use of the surname Walker.
It is not unlikely that Hookey Walker may originally have referred to some hook-nosed person named Walker; but the various stories told to account for the origin of the expression have probably no foundation.]
An exclamation expressive of incredulity. Also occas. as n. (= ‘humbug’), as in ‘That is all Walker’.
1811Lex. Balatronicum, Hookee Walker, an expression signifying that the story is not true, or that the thing will not occur. 1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Walker, an ironical expression synonymous with bender and used in the same manner. 1838Bentley's Misc. IV. 227 Professor Ketch suddenly interrupted the proceedings by exclaiming, with great excitement of manner, ‘Walker!’ 1841Barham Ingol. Leg., Old Woman in Grey, For mere unmeaning talk her Parched lips babbled now—such as ‘Hookey!’—and ‘Walker!’ 1887Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Oct. 1/1 To which assurance..one may best reply ‘Walker’. |
