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hickory
1[ hik-uh-ree, hik-ree ]
noun
- the wood of any of these trees.
- a switch, stick, etc., of this wood.
- Baseball Slang. a baseball bat.
- Also called hickory cloth,. a strong fabric of twill construction, used chiefly in the manufacture of work clothes.
Hickory
2[ hik-uh-ree, hik-ree ]
noun
- a city in W North Carolina.
hickory
/ ˈhɪkərɪ /
noun
- the hard tough wood of any of these trees
- the nut of any of these trees
- a switch or cane made of hickory wood
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Example Sentences
Outside, oak and hickory and pecan trees dotted the rolling grassland.
Salmon, tuna, sturgeon, mussels, oysters, and sable are marinated and smoked using hickory and alder wood.
Bill Kristol's comparison of the Alaskan governor to Old Hickory doesn't fly.
Of course he was contemplating the application of a "two year old hickory," as he went on at the rate of two forty.
There was a quiet, cynical smile on his face as he sat there beating a tattoo on his leggings with a hickory twig.
Coal is best, but hickory saplings, chopped about two feet long, make a good steaming heat.
Holding out his hand, white as a woman's, a diamond flashed on the ring-finger as large as a hickory nut.
Without a word, Jim's right hand crept stealthily inside his hickory shirt, where a button was missing.
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