Definition of Hickock

1. Noun. Frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876).

Exact synonyms: James Butler Hickock, Wild Bill Hickock
Generic synonyms: Marshal, Marshall

Definition of Hickock

1. Noun. A hiccup. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hickock

hiccup
hiccup nut
hiccuped
hiccuping
hiccuplike
hiccupped
hiccupping
hiccups
hiccupy
hick
hickey
hickeys
hickie
hickies
hickish
hickock
hickories
hickory
hickory horned devil
hickory horned devils
hickory nut
hickory pine
hickory tree
hicks
hickster
hickup
hickuped
hickuping
hickups
hickwall

Literary usage of Hickock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut: From the First Indian Deed in 1659 by William Cothren (1879)
"Benjamin and Sarah Hickock, aged 3 months, Jan. 22, 1735. ... Simeon, s. of Deacon Benjamin, 2d, and Sarah Hickock, aged 2, Sept. 27, 1722. ..."

2. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"If dandy Hickock gets in," says a squint- eyed man with a twisted nose, " I've got a rooster ... The Hickock gentry now sent up, in turn, a vigorous hurrah; ..."

3. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"I claim him," said one of the boat-hook gentlemen, a member of the Seventh Ward Hickock Wharf Committee. "I saw him first! He's our voter by all that's fair ..."

4. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of by New York (State). Supreme Court, William Johnson, Lorenzo B. Shepard (1849)
"Thomas Scribner, the respondent, being indebted to Ezra Hickock, the appellant, in the sum of 143/. 18s. 9d. on the 23d of March, 1787, assigned to him, ..."

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