Meaning of Hickory | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A number of places in the United States:
2. A census-designated place in Graves County, Kentucky, named for the hickory trees.
3. 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
4. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
5. The wood of these trees.
   uncountable
6. A town in Newton County, Mississippi, named for "Old Hickory" (Andrew Jackson).
7. A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
   countable, uncountable
8. A city mostly in Catawba County, North Carolina, named after the Hickory Tavern.
9. A club with a head made from hickory wood.
   countable, informal
10. A town in Murray County, Oklahoma.
11. A census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
12. An unincorporated community in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia.
13. A number of townships, listed under Hickory Township.

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Examples

“[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."”

“The loggers wore hickory shirts.”

“What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem.”

“I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]”

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