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Word: hick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fanciful as ever for all of 65 years and a gleaming shiner ("A mule kissed me," he explained), spun a fine yarn of a hillside currency cache which unhappily washed away when the rains came. The judge tolerantly termed him "a confessed cheat," observed that here was one hick who had trimmed city slickers. Broker Gerard, still friendly enough with Scotty to shake hands, hoped at least for a cut on the $1.10 Scotty took from tourists who came to gaze at his fancy desert residence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Mar. 24, 1941 | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

...Adolf Hitler's blueprints for the Polish push were complete and Falkenhorst was given the job of raising and organizing, from scratch, an entire new division (32nd Infantry) with headquarters in the hick town of Köslin on the Pomeranian plain. Cheerfully he moved his wife and two daughters to their first real home after years of nomadic army life: an old castle just off the Köslin market place. He added municipal cares to his army work, became a military potentate. As sleepy Köslin came to life with martial activity, recruits and war materials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN THEATRE: 23 Days | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...Rohrer of Penn State, storming his way into the final round. Other Crimson entrants did not fare so well, however, as highly rated Ted Schoenberg dropped an overtime decision to Princeton's Captain Harding in the 121 pound class and 135 pounder Bruce Richardson dropped a verdict to Hick of Syracuse in the overtime period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DAUGHADAY WINS WAY INTO EASTERN FINALS | 3/9/1940 | See Source »

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