hicksville

[ hiks-vil ]

/ ˈhɪks vɪl /

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noun Slang.

a backward, provincial place; backwater.

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Origin of hicksville

First recorded in 1910–15; hick + ’s¹ + -ville

Words nearby hicksville

Hickory Hills, hickory pine, Hickox, Hicks, Hicksite, hicksville, Hicks yew, hickwall, hicky, hicky-horse, hickymal

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Hicksville

[ hiks-vil ]

/ ˈhɪks vɪl /

noun

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

How to use hicksville in a sentence

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.
Every episode of Gilmore Girls, ranked|Constance Grady|October 6, 2020|Vox
Not far away is Hicksville, and to the northward the ancient town of Jericho.
America, Volume III (of 6)|Joel Cook
With the exception of two persons the chickens were the only creatures that ever waited for the mail in Hicksville.
Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
It was no wonder that Joshua Hicks was astonished, for things like this did not happen in Hicksville every day.
Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp|Percy Keese Fitzhugh

One might suppose that Hicksville would be just the very place folks would go to, if they were dead.
Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
He was waiting for the big daily event in Hicksville, the arrival of the train.
Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp|Percy Keese Fitzhugh