plural of hawthorn berry

The edible fruit of the hawthorn.

A village in Flintshire, Clwyd, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3165). / A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. / A city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States. / A small town in north Canterbury, New Zealand.

(US, humorous) spam (tinned meat product)

plural of privet hawk moth

Sphinx ligustri, a moth found in most of the Palearctic ecozone.

A town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand.

(politics, slang, sometimes derogatory) A person, especially one in power, who emphasizes keeping government budgets under control, derogatory when such actions are seen as predatory or entail harsh fiscal discipline or austerity.

(simile) Paying extremely close attention; in an extremely protective way

(politics) An advocate of a smaller budget, a deficit hawk.