Synonyms for hick

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hik

Phonetic Transcription : hɪk

Top 10 synonyms for hick

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Définition of hick

Origin : late 14c. as a pet form of masc. proper name Richard. Meaning "awkward provincial person" was established by 1700 (cf. rube); earlier it was the characteristic name of a hosteler, hackneyman, etc. (late 14c.), perhaps via alliteration. The adjective is recorded by 1914.
A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't be. [attributed to U.S. humorist Robert Quillen (1887-1948)]

noun rustic

Example sentences :

But by and by pap got too handy with his hick'ry, and I couldn't stand it.
Extract from : « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

So I retch me a fine bunch of hick'ries I done prepared for dat 'casion.
Extract from : « The Wit of Women » by Kate Sanborn

It's a long walk to Mr. Hick's place, but I guess you won't be afraid.
Extract from : « The Curlytops and Their Playmates » by Howard R. Garis

And a hick chicken don't have it any too soft in New York at the best of it.
Extract from : « Find the Woman » by Arthur Somers Roche

They took him for a hick, just because his clothes were new.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Fire » by Roy J. Snell

Who wants a lady acrobat, Id like to know, in this hick burg?
Extract from : « The Corner House Girls' Odd Find » by Grace Brooks Hill

If you don't, I'll go out to-morrow and tell everybody in this hick town.
Extract from : « Sheila of Big Wreck Cove » by James A. Cooper

Just like that Venusian hick to be ready to sacrifice himself to get a Solar Medal!
Extract from : « The Space Pioneers » by Carey Rockwell

Are you still such a hick that you don't know he was behind that match?
Extract from : « Winner Take All » by Larry Evans

De soun' come f om onder de bed, an' I jes retch over an' gether in my bunch o' hick'ries, an' I say, 'Come out!'
Extract from : « P'laski's Tunament » by Thomas Nelson Page

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