hicksville

¹

[ hiks-vil ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a backward, provincial place; backwater.

Hicksville

²

[ hiks-vil ]

noun

1. a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hicksville¹

First recorded in 1910–15; hick + ’s ¹ + -ville

Example Sentences

You were a two-bit gold digger, fresh off the bus from Hicksville, when you met Mitchum at whatever bar you happened to stumble into.

From Vox

Not far away is Hicksville, and to the northward the ancient town of Jericho.

From Project Gutenberg

With the exception of two persons the chickens were the only creatures that ever waited for the mail in Hicksville.

From Project Gutenberg

It was no wonder that Joshua Hicks was astonished, for things like this did not happen in Hicksville every day.

From Project Gutenberg

One might suppose that Hicksville would be just the very place folks would go to, if they were dead.

From Project Gutenberg

He was waiting for the big daily event in Hicksville, the arrival of the train.

From Project Gutenberg