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hicksville

/hiks-vil/US // ˈhɪks vɪl //

希克斯维尔,希克斯维尔,希克斯威尔,希克斯维尔市

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : a backward, provincial place; backwater.

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Examples

  • You were a two-bit gold digger, fresh off the bus from Hicksville, when you met Mitchum at whatever bar you happened to stumble into.

  • Not far away is Hicksville, and to the northward the ancient town of Jericho.

  • With the exception of two persons the chickens were the only creatures that ever waited for the mail in Hicksville.

  • It was no wonder that Joshua Hicks was astonished, for things like this did not happen in Hicksville every day.

  • One might suppose that Hicksville would be just the very place folks would go to, if they were dead.

  • He was waiting for the big daily event in Hicksville, the arrival of the train.

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