hick

Example Sentences

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But I was a hick from the north of England.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2024

Bird was “the hick from French Lick,” the aw-shucks guy from a small town in Indiana who often said he couldn’t run or jump.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2022

"There's worse things than being a plain hick," Andy says to Barney.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2021

"I hate to disappoint you, but I'm a hick from Texas," he would write back to fans who assumed he was British.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2017

Though at times I’d made Ella angry at me, beneath it all, since I had first come to her as a teen-aged hick from Michigan, Ella had never once really wavered from my comer.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey