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Hickory
//ˈhɪkəɹiː// name, noun, slang
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Proper Noun
- 1 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Graves County, Kentucky, named for the hickory trees.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Newton County, Mississippi, named for "Old Hickory" (Andrew Jackson).
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A city mostly in Catawba County, North Carolina, named after the Hickory Tavern.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Murray County, Oklahoma.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships, listed under Hickory Township.
Noun
- 1 Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts. countable
"[H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said, "Boy, let me tell you what.""
- 2 American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts wordnet
- 3 The wood of these trees. uncountable
- 4 valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees wordnet
- 5 A coarse, durable cotton fabric. countable, uncountable
"The loggers wore hickory shirts."
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- 6 A club with a head made from hickory wood. countable, informal
"What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem."
Etymology
A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.
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