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hick | gick |

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 hillbilly

Noun

(s)
  • (pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
  • Synonyms
    * boer, boor * country bumpkin * churl * hillbilly * lob * rustic * yokel

    Etymology 2

    .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to hiccup
  • References

    * English ethnic slurs

    gick

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Ireland, slang) excrement Irish Essays by Denis Donoghue. Cambridge University Press, 2011. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-107-00690-4
  • * 1993 , Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha , Penguin Books, page 1:
  • 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.

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