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hickster en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of hick + hipster.

Meanings

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:
   • 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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