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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

He was at 7-under 135, one shot ahead of Kramer Hickok, who had a 68.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023

All good architecture has a thoughtful reason behind it, said Hickok.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022

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

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2022

There is but one man who can thus be chosen, and that is Wild Bill Hickok, better known for a generation as "Wild Bill," and properly accorded an honorable place in American history.

From The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado by Hough, Emerson

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