“Hickory, Dickory, Dock”

Cultural  

1. A nursery rhyme:

   Hickory, Dickory, Dock,

   The mouse ran up the clock,

   The clock struck one,

   The mouse ran down;

   Hickory, dickory, dock.

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Example Sentences

Her mums help as she reads "Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse ran up the clock…"

From BBC

Well, hickory dickory dock — or, we should say, gickory gickory gock: It’s time once again for the Limerixicon, our 14th annual check-in with OEDILF.com, the project by Chris J. Strolin and his merry team to compile a dictionary of limericks featuring every word in the English language.

From Washington Post

The child was singing Hickory Dickory Dock, very fast, as Hambro shut the door.

From Literature

Jack and Jill went tumbling down Jack and Jill went up the hill Jack and Jill went round the corner Jack and Jill went to the well Hickory dickory dock!

From The Guardian

We even see Scott Caan's character recite your "Hickory Dickory Dock" routine.

From Salon