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Hickok

[ hik-ok ]

noun

  1. James Butler Wild Bill, 1837–76, U.S. frontiersman.


Hickok

/ ˈhɪkɒk /

noun

  1. HickokJames Butler18371876MUSTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: frontiersmanMILITARY: marshal James Butler, known as Wild Bill Hickok. 1837–76, US frontiersman and marshal


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Hickok was acquitted, and it caused a public outcry of injustice.

Hickok was on trial for manslaughter, and the judge gave the jury two instructions.

And the case of James “Wild Bill” Hickok in 1865 bears some similarity to what occurred in the Zimmerman-Trayvon case.

Big Hickok was preparing to put the shot, and he had been greeted in this manner by his admirers as he stepped out.

Hickok quietly declined to take the two remaining trials open to him.

Revolver and shotgun flamed in the same instant; McCandless fell dead; Hickok staggered back with eleven buckshot in his body.

The currents of life had been flowing swiftly for Mr. Hickok.

Mr. Hickok tore open the message, while the boy admired him to the hilts.

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