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hick
noun
an unsophisticated, simple person from the far rural reaches UK, 1565
A familiar form of “Richard”. Now chiefly US use.- He decided that they’d have to try and get a quick lead over these hicks. — James T. Farrell, Tournament Star, p. 69, 1946
- In the old days, a chorus salary of 50 or 60 bucks a week seemed like a million to hicks in the sticks, and parental opposition was not too oppressive. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, New York Confidential, p. 141, 1948
- It’s about a hick ... a hick like you, if you please. — Robert Rossen, All the King’s Men, 1949
- You’ll find more porn per square inch in hick towns than in any big city on God’s green earth. — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 158, 1957
- If someone had hung a sign, “HICK,” around my neck, I couldn’t have looked much more obvious. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 34, 1964
- I have seen the hicks point in awe at the out of state tags on the cars that line the street of Walnut Avenue on the first Saturday in May of each year. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 188, 1973
- He lived off the hicks from out in the sticks / He was a master of the long-shoe game. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 86, 1976
- JOE: She used to be a regular on Hee-Haw. You know that country show with all those fuckin’ hicks. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
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