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noun, plural hick·o·ries.
1.
2.
the wood of any of these trees.
3.
a switch, stick, etc., of this wood.
4.
Baseball Slang. a baseball bat.
5.
Also called hickory cloth, hickory stripe. a strong fabric of twill construction, used chiefly in the manufacture of work clothes.
Origin:
1610–20, Americanism; earlier pohickery < Virginia Algonquian (E spelling) pocohiquara a milky drink prepared from hickory nuts
1610–20, Americanism; earlier pohickery < Virginia Algonquian (E spelling) pocohiquara a milky drink prepared from hickory nuts
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Hickory
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| hickory (ˈhɪkərɪ) | |
| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | pecan pignut bitternut See also shagbark any juglandaceous tree of the chiefly North American genus Carya, having nuts with edible kernels and hard smooth shells |
| 2. | the hard tough wood of any of these trees |
| 3. | the nut of any of these trees |
| 4. | a switch or cane made of hickory wood |
| [C17: from earlier pohickery, from Algonquian pawcohiccora food made from ground hickory nuts] | |
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Word Origin & History
hickory
1671, Amer.Eng., from Algonquian (perhaps Powhatan), shortening of pockerchicory or a similar name for this species of walnut. Old Hickory as the nickname of U.S. politician Andrew Jackson is first recorded 1827.
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