rick
noun
Also a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
ricks
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pluralof rick.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Down in the tunnels, workers sorted the remains of the dead, filing them by bones into space-efficient ricks and stacks.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019
Burnley’s welcome back to the Premier League ends in encouraging defeat, while Monday Night Football ends an hour later with no obvious ricks or gaffes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2014
The tempo is high, the ricks are ticking and the song is a shaggy Pekinese.
From Time Magazine Archive
He never imposes himself on his characters, never plays ricks on them or the reader.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he walked out, every one slipped aside and avoided him, hiding behind the ricks, and Jack’s pointer slunk into his house, drooping his tail.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
