Hick vs Gick - What's the difference?
hick | gick |
(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
(Ireland, slang) excrement
* 1993 , Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha , Penguin Books, page 1:
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As a proper noun hick
is .As a noun gick is
(ireland|slang) excrement [http://booksgooglecom/books?id=zicnnfvjrk8c&pg=pa242&dq=%22gick%22+paddy+clarke&hl=en&sa=x&ei=hswdt9yrpijhialb1mjpdg&ved=0cdcq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=%22gick%22%20paddy%20clarke&f=false irish essays ] by denis donoghue cambridge university press, 2011 p 242 isbn 978-1-107-00690-4.hick
English
Etymology 1
from Hick, like Rick and Dick short for Richard. compare hillbillyNoun
(s)Synonyms
* boer, boor * country bumpkin * churl * hillbilly * lob * rustic * yokelEtymology 2
.References
* English ethnic slursgick
English
Noun
(-)Irish Essaysby Denis Donoghue. Cambridge University Press, 2011. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-107-00690-4
- If I did a gick in me pants he'd kill me!
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
by Roddy Doyle. Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 978-1-440-67372-6.
