hicksville

[hiks-vil]

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noun Slang.

a backward, provincial place; backwater.

Origin of hicksville

hick + -s³ + -ville, extracted from place names; cf. squaresville

Hicksville

[hiks-vil]

noun

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

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Related Words for hicksville

blah, dead, tedious, dragsville, hicksville

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Historical Examples of hicksville

Not far away is Hicksville, and to the northward the ancient town of Jericho.
America, Volume III (of 6)
Joel Cook
He was waiting for the big daily event in Hicksville, the arrival of the train.
Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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