hickster

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noun

A hick who attempts to be hip (that is, to be a hipster).

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounhickster (plural hicksters)

plural hicksters

  1. A hick who attempts to be hip (that is, to be a hipster).

    “You there, hickster! Stop gawking! We're on the clock here! Tick, tick, time is money in Gotham.

    2006, T. Davis Bunn, Heartland
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    Hawk-eyed bus-tour agents mounting watch at the intersections, flaunting printed signs tucked in the bands of their visored caps to advertise their business, claim they can spot the hickster nine times out of ten.

    1960, William Garland Rogers, Mildred Weston, Carnival crossroads: the story of Times Square

    He was cool as ice, and he knew it. "All right then, hickster," said the tough. "Hickster?" Sheldon said to himself.

    2007, Sam Moffie, Swap

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hickster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hickster

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