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noun

hick n. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture; a hayseed.

Synonyms: yokel, rube, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon.

adjective

hick adj.

Rural. Opposite of urban.

Characteristic of rural people, especially those not knowledgeable about matters outside their locality; as, hick ideas; a hick town.

Synonyms: bumpkinly, rustic, unsophisticated.

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Etymology of 'Hick'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hick" Quotes from Famous Books

... an' my bobtail dog Start 'cross de creek on a hick'ry log. We all fall in an' git good wet, But I helt to my ...

— Negro Folk Rhymes - Wise and Otherwise: With a Study • Thomas W. Talley

... cry, Massa Henry—see he dere a canoe not bigger nor a hick'ry nut," and he pointed with his finger to what in fact had the appearance of being little larger; "I wish," he pursued with bitterness, "dey bring him calp of dem billians Desborough—Dam him lying tief ...

— The Canadian Brothers - or The Prophecy Fulfilled • John Richardson

... part where the fly-wheel is carried. The fly driving wheel is 35 feet in diameter, and grooved for twenty-seven ropes, which transmit the power direct to the various line shafts in the mill. The rope grooves are made on Hick, Hargreaves & Co.'s standard pattern of deep groove, and the wheel, which is built up, is constructed on their improved plan with separate arms and boss, and twelve segments in the rim with joints planed to the true ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 286 - June 25, 1881 • Various

... down and take him upon your knees. Hold his dimpled hands in yours, and look steadily into his roguish eyes. Repeat a nursery rhyme, no matter what, in a humdrum recitative; he is sober, and very attentive. Suddenly spring a mine upon him with a "Boo!" His "Hicketty-hick!" follows, and his eyes begin to shine. Repeat the experiment. "Hicketty-hick!" again, more heartily than at first, with the baby encore, "Adin!" The same process awakens the rapturous little pearls again and again, and you are ...

— Autumn Leaves - Original Pieces in Prose and Verse • Various

... what the trees will say, The trees that used to share his play, An' knew him as the little lad Who used to wander with his dad. They've watched him grow from year to year Since first the good Lord sent him here. This shag-bark hick'ry, many a time, The little fellow tried t' climb, An' never a spring has come but he Has called upon his favorite tree. I wonder what they all will say When they are ...

— The Path to Home • Edgar A. Guest

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