Hickok

American

[hik-ok] / ˈhɪk ɒk /

noun

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

Hickok British

/ ˈhɪkɒk /

noun

James Butler, known as Wild Bill Hickok. 1837–76, US frontiersman and marshal

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Hickok said that under a range of new methodologies that are being produced by carbon market bodies, demand is resurfacing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025

“Everyone’s starting at the same spot, so I just really wanted to get a jump start on that,” Hickok said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

"We cannot sustain this for very long," said Hickok.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2022

Over the decades, there’s been a lot of debate among historians about the exact nature of Eleanor’s relationship with the journalist Lorena Hickok played on the show by Lily Rabe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

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

From Frank Merriwell's Races by Burt L. Standish

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