How To Use Hick In A Sentence

Serve the chicken with salads and chips or potatoes. Times, Sunday Times
The air had grown thick and smoky.
But for the watermark, the thickness of the paper and the missing security thread, the note, reportedly obtained from a private bank, looked like genuine currency for all practical purposes.
This being Los Angeles, and me being a hick from the sticks, I was only a few feet away from asking the shorter guy for an autograph, when I chickened out.
I eat a lot of chicken and fish, rice and pasta and maintain an all-round healthy diet. Times, Sunday Times

FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming: Gujarati Dal (Healthy Lentil Soup)
The language is out of condition: -- fat and fozy, thick-winded, purfled and plethoric. Famous Reviews
A lot of hen breeders put chicks down if they have splayed legs, but she is way too cute for that. Times, Sunday Times
I still date chicks who are lucky to own a bedframe. 15 Annoying Things Most Girlfriends Do (That You Have to Put Up With) | Manolith
The illness means sufferers' pulmonary arteries have thicker and less elastic walls. The Sun
If you're partial to poultry, the Nostos Special is a good bet at $7.95 for a grilled half chicken and $14.95 for a whole one.
He plainly demanded to be in the thick of the action all of the time.
As many as 30 different species grow, among them Alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina, Alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum, Unalaska fleabane Erigeron humilis and thick-leaved whitlow grass Draba crassifolia. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland
The Blonde had the doracha seekh, a combination of chicken and crab flakes chargrilled in the tandoor oven and served with a piquant mango and avocado chutney, at £7.50.
Therefore, if the vaccine afforded protection for life, there would be a very strong argument in favor of universal vaccination - no chicken pox and no shingles.
As soon as this began to thicken, Neb carefully removed it with a wooden spatula; this accelerated the evaporation, and at the same time prevented it from contracting an empyreumatic flavor. The Mysterious Island
We can look out into fog as thick as cream and be certain it will burn away.
He was still very young, especially by Drow standards, but his smile had given way to an expression of restraint, and his little arms and legs had grown long and thick.
Other numerous species include the yellowbilled diver Gavia adamsii, whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, lesser whitefronted goose Anser erythropus, slatybacked gull Larus Schistisagus, Kamchatka tern Sterna camtschatica, guillemot Uria aalge, thickbilled guillemot Uria lomvia, pigeon guillemot Cepphus columbs, ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus, horned puffin Fratercula Corniculata and tufted puffin Lunda cirrhata. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation
This is a habit I developed surrounded by thick-skulled idiots.
Chickadees called occasionally, but never titmice.
It will thicken as it sits and the liquid drips through. Times, Sunday Times
The adults' menu may feature grilled shrimp, charbroiled chicken, sautéed vegetables, and salads galore.
The companion star would emit plenty of its own UV radiation, but this radiation would be blocked in the direction of Eta Carinae by the thick nebulosity of the giant star's surrounding gas, dust, and stellar wind.
The golden butternut squash velouté with escargot needed to be thicker to live up to its name, and more complex to live up to its price tag.
Denim is identified as an "American cotton textile where the diagonal warp is a striped hickory cloth that was once associated with railroadmen's overalls, in which blue or black contrasting undyed white threads form the woven pattern. My God George Will is a bigger fashion snob than me! - dfi
So far the scenery around her had been thick fur trees and dense foliage.
The length should be that of the bandaging; the breadth, three or four fingers; thickness, three or fourfold; number so as to encircle the limb, neither more nor less; those applied for the purpose of rectifying a deformity, should be of such a length as to encircle it; the breadth and thickness being determined by the vacuity, which is not to be filled up at once. On The Surgery
Chicken wing, eel, or wasabi ice cream, anyone?
I put on my thick coat ready to brave the elements.
After they are separated, the keepers feed the chicks by hand and must teach them to swallow whole fish.
I had a garlic chilly mince curry, and she went for a very nice chicken dopiaza.
A ducat was a gold piece of the size of an old French louis, though less thick. Catherine De Medici
To determine the exact width and thickness of the pieces you'll need, lift up a heat register or threshold and measure the exposed ends of the floorboards.
His beard went all round under his chin, and was clipped into the appearance of a stiff thick hedge — equally thick, and equally broad, and equally protrusive at all parts. John Caldigate
Dee of Ammalu's Kitchen transforms plain chickpea flour into a steaming hot bowl of Methi Pitla with the addition of a handful of aromatic methi leaves. Archive 2007-04-01
When social mating systems were dichotomized, extrapair chicks were twice as frequent in monogamous as in polygynous species.
The smoothly boiled porridge, with its accompaniment of thick yellow cream; the new-laid eggs; the grilled trout, fresh from the stream; the freshly baked "baps" and "scones," the crisp rolls of oatcake; and last, but not least, the delectable, home-made marmalade, which is as much a part of the meal as the coffee itself. Big Game A Story for Girls
She dried herself off with a thick towel.
The Big chick on top as well as the little chicks and the daisies are all made out of my enhanced mmf. Archive 2009-04-01
The initial lift of the bar targets the lower back and thickens the erectors, the middle part of the lift widens the barn-door lats, and the squeeze and lockout at the top emphasize the upper back.
Still, the crêpe was even oilier - thick, flabby and barely hot, with the flavour of an onion-soaked flannel. Times, Sunday Times
You have to spend at least £5 when dining in at a branch of the chain to get a free quarter chicken meal or starter.
It was being pulleyed by several cords of thick rope overhead.
Radiographs of the fingertips of rock climbers, for example, show unusual bony spurs and thickened phalanges.
He won the summit in the thick of howling wind and driving snow, providentially stumbling upon Trust
Season chickens and sear until brown on all sides, remove from pot and set aside.
At this time of year, plants are tucked up for the winter under a thick blanket of winter mulch.
After making the sauce, I thought both potatoes and chickpeas sounded good, so on a whim I made a potato with panch phoron side dish -- but next time I would do 2 things differently. Archive 2009-04-01
The skin is fibreglass over a thin layer of plywood, which is itself supported by a skeleton of thicker ply, stiffened by a steel structure.
The ship, with the help of radar, sailed in thick fog.
These included chicken tikka, Chinese chicken and chicken tandoori, each in a wrap.
In his book Reading, Writing, and the Hickory Stick, Dr. Irwin Hyman says that all of these punitive practices can leave a child with serious long-term aftereffects. How to Talk so Kids Can Learn
He wore a thick overcoat as a protection against the bitter cold.
The chickpea croquettes called falafel and the ever-popular chickpea dip, hummus, are both very good.
The mixture should have the consistency of thick cream.
In time the glazer will learn to measure the thickness by feeling it with a fingernail. 9. Glaze application
She wears a thick flowery hairband, several clashing necklaces and a quite revolting hairy purple cardigan with batwing sleeves.
The dust now lay in a thick layer on her piano.
Or, for a warm starter try the saltcrust tarts filled either with herbed mushrooms or barbecue chicken.
He skipped bail and was caught trying to steal a chicken sandwich and some plasters. Times, Sunday Times
Roll the chicken breasts in flour.
They lived for some days on the excellent flesh of the maskalonge, on clams from the beach -- enormous clams of delicious flavor -- on a new fruit with a pinkish meat, which grew abundantly in the thickets and somewhat resembled breadfruit; on wild asparagus-sprouts, and on the few squirrels that Stern was able to "pot" with his revolver from the shelter of the leafy little camping-place they had arranged near the river. Darkness and Dawn
The insects are forming thick clouds near the ground, and they carpet the inside of the car when the doors are cracked open.
She speaks with a thick middle European accent, and she is difficult to understand.
The near-constant depth of the abyssal sea floor indicates that the lithosphere thickens to roughly 100 km in 70 million years, but then ceases to grow.
A thick wall keeps the noise at bay.
Flick the years of dust, to laughter and tears, love and cemented in the minds of a thick crystal amber. I wish happy new year! I wish you the new year: don't gain weight, before the person you most Qiao; money in hand, laughing in the dream.
He came out of the thick woods into a small meadow, his arrow on his bow ready to be shot at anything that moved.
Maize is consumed as tortillas, which accompany rice and beans - typically eaten three times a day with eggs, cheese, meat, or chicken and with chayote stew or salad at lunch or supper.
I don't imagine cows much like being stunned with airguns, or chickens living in cages that deform their bodies, being forced to lay eggs until they die. MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature
The industry is highly vertically integrated, with poultry production companies (known as integrators) contracting with farmers (referred to as growers) to raise the birds prior to slaughter Number of broilers and other meat-type chickens sold in the United States, 2007 (Source: USDA Census of Agriculture, 2007). PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
The dense thicket of rules and exceptions will drive away, or drive mad, almost anyone else.
Women wore short, thick kilts of shredded tulles or skirts of deerskin.
This keeps getting censored by the Lamontster scrub out the truth squads .. he has to protect his propagandists for hire, as he's too chickenhearted to let the CT voters decide for themselves CT-SEN: Lamont Hits Back At Lieberman Terror Slam
Sparrows, chickadees, woodpeckers, and an assortment of other creatures were awake and bustling that summer morning.
I was fed up of having to avoid certain foods and when I finished the chicken I felt guilty.
Our ownership of more than one inspirational book that began with the phrase "chicken soup," yet contained no recipes. Joel Dovev: The Moment I Knew
The result: chicken tikka masala. The Sun
I'd wear this dress with some thick woollen tights and ankle boots. The Sun
The best parts of Brian's talent are still here, as if this was the long-delayed sequel to Smile or something, as the close-cropped vocal harmonies, the thick arrangements, and his affecting, if quaky lead vocals are all here in force.
Suddenly the door opened and a man burst in exclaiming: ‘Trescothick's gone first ball!’
What makes these native arums so attractive are the thick spikes of fruits that follow the large white papery inflorescences.
I made many food for the dinner, such as pizza, baked chicken, and some banana bread.
If it's long and thick, strim it first to preserve your mower. Times, Sunday Times
From the seed feeders on the deck come the euphonious calls of chickadees, the bell-like trill of the dark-eyed juncos, the down-slurred whistle of the titmice, the “ank-ank” of the nuthatches, the “zree” of the house finches, and the coo of doves; from the nectar feeders and flowers, the whirr of hummingbird wings. Birdology
Then with a flourish the hands closed the bag with thick leather thongs.
Fig. 265 is a rebated joint with loose tongue-slip and astragal mould, suitable for frames over 1-1/4 in. in thickness. Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.
Bynes, who recently announced her retirement from acting on Twitter only to 'unretire' a week later, simply axed her @chicky account last week without going public about her decision. Starpulse Entertainment News
Smear chicken pieces generously with mole and bake in a moderate oven, turning once or twice during baking, for about 30 minutes.
Some weeds, such as chickweed, common groundsel, and bittercress, may germinate and grow at almost any time of year.
Foxes as predators prey on lambs and chickens and kill native small marsupials and rodents.
A high resolution computed tomography of the chest showed multiple nodular infiltrations at the posterior segment of the right upper lobe with a thick-walled cavitary lesion.
Shore bird numbers are declining, he says, particularly among oystercatchers, red-capped dotterels and beach thick-knees.
Behind the portcullis was a thick oaken door studded with steel. The Cloister and the Hearth
I'd rather have a sliver of prosciutto or a wheel of spicy sausage than neutral, inoffensive chicken any day.
They weren't those thick horn-rimmed glasses, thank God, but they were big oval-shaped wire-rims.
The whole time, I was thinking about the recipe for curried chicken that my mother taught me. THE BROKEN GOD
We rode hardish (some people would have called it a hand-gallop) most of the way; up hill and down, across the rocky creeks, through thick timber. Robbery Under Arms
He had brown eyes and a thatch of thick, shaggy brown hair.
It was light, and birds were singing, but the sky was thick with early-morning clouds.
The birds love the dense thickets and scrub and clumps of bushes like blackthorn that grow in the older sites of the park.
Hickstone gave a very mannered performance in the lead role.
Most people who've had chicken pox once are immune to it for the rest of their lives.
I stooped down to try and see through the _rahar_ who was there but the crop was so thick that I could see nothing; so I climbed up the mowah tree to look. Folklore of the Santal Parganas
On an ancient stone stump, about three feet thick and three feet high, used for securing ships by ropes to the shore, and called a bollard or holdfast, an elderly gentleman sits facing the land with his head bowed and his face in his hands, sobbing. Back to Methuselah
This restaurant offers a buffet with a wide selection of traditional boerekos such as tomato bredie, chicken pie and a lavish carvery, as well as Malay curries and bobotie. Muti
The fact is that any Democrat's heroic war record functions mostly as superficial innoculation against charges of sissiness during campaigns, and it's the reason you see so many more Republican chickenhawks than anti-war Dems in public office these days. Hullabaloo
“You’re right,” she said, regretting having lobbied so hard for what was described as the feel-good chick flick of the year. The Owl and Moon Cafe
You will soon have a thick, impenetrable hedge to enclose the fast-growing butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii (coppice it annually to promote flowers), or the heavenly blue blooms of enthusiastic ceanothus thrysiflorus.
As it happens, Hicks was the first in what would become a long line of "difficult" men to whom Murdoch was attracted, culminating in a long affair with Elias Canetti, the future Nobel Prize-winner. The Good Apprentice
If the corporate talking heads don't chicken out, this could be fun.
In addition, a huge thickness of foredeep clastic rock in southern foreland basin is a favorable place of exploration of deep-basin gas and carbon dioxide gas pools.
Her Moroccan spin on chicken flew past the glazed and cidery take on beer-can chicken.
While in the daytime it looked just kept enough to be scruffy, the thick cool of the night hid its dinginess and transformed it into something almost beautiful.
Sunday was no exception as Bell was in the thick of Walter's four bobbles and was credited with a forced fumble.
Tonight I must sneak like the thief that I am down into the farmer's hencoop and steal one of his chickens.
The city is the first thing I see from my bedroom window when I roll up the blinds of a morning, except on those days when it is shrouded in a thick blanket of damp mist.
The intense fire that resulted built up enormous pressure in the hall, forcing thick black smoke under those bedroom doors that were shut.
Adults eat the eggshells after the chicks hatch (the eggshells are a good source of calcium).
The town was covered in a thick blanket of fog.
Hey liberals, chickenhawk is better than chickenshit, wouldn’t you agree? Think Progress » Drudge Falsely Smears Gore
As I pressed through the thick underwood, I startled a strange-looking apparition in one of the open spaces beside the gulf, where, as shown by the profusion of plants of _vaccinium_, the blaeberries had greatly abounded in their season. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
The happy event occurred in the Taylor's aviary in Wakefield, after the mother - a kakariki called Cheeky - and father Tom, a golden mantel rosella, were reared together from chicks.
Whether or not it is so, it is still funny that out of all things they prefer chickweed.
You can render the chicken down to make stock for soup.
The participants and production crew moved to Oxley Downs, six hours drive from Sydney to the property with 12 buildings, a dilapidated garden, horses, chickens, geese, a cow and 1.300 merino sheep.
My father swore by Kodachrome, taking off his thick-rimmed Philip Larkin spectacles to peer myopically through viewfinders. Brownie Points
I was drawn to Chicken Satsivi, a Georgian dish, because of the sauce, satsivi, which is a paste of walnuts, sauteed onions, coriander, and garlic, liquidized with a broth and perfumed with cinnamon and paprika. Weekend Cookbook Challenge # 16 - Chicken Satsivi
The coffin was palled with a square of rusty black velvet, whence all the pile had long been worn, and which the soaking rain now helped age to embrown and make flabby; a standard cross was borne by an ecclesiastical official, who had on a quadrangular cap surmounted by a centre tuft; two priests followed, sheltered by umbrellas, their sacerdotal garments dabbled and draggled with mud, and showing thick-shod feet beneath the dingy serge and lawn that flapped above them, as they came along at a smart pace, suggestive of anything but solemnity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
He was wearing a red V-neck shirt with long sleeves that belled out near the hands, white jeans, and black slip-on shoes with thick white socks.
The sphere s should be small and of uniform thickness; any dissymmetry of course has the effect to diminish the sensitiveness. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
Everywhere I turned there were immense trees towering above me, rainbows of exotically coloured blooms, and thick dark carpets of creeping moss.
Moving progressively towards a thick mashed potato consistency is well on the way to a normal diet.
Then slowly drizzle in the chicken bouillon and onions and blend. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
Chickadees, crossbills, goldfinches, nuthatches, siskins, and woodpeckers pick the winged seeds out of pine and spruce cones.
Transfer to a food processor and blitz to a thick paste. Times, Sunday Times
The manaesh, a slightly thicker bread crusted with sour crushed sumac and wild Armenian thyme, was pretty great too, especially when you toast it at home and have it with your coffee in the morning.
Other locals include yarrow, pussytoes, mallow, cudweed, meadowsweet, and chickweed.
(He pointed at the bundle she held, while she nodded proudly, beaming on me with good-nature and consciousness of success and prosperity.) "This overcoat is as good as a blanket," he went on, advancing the skirt of it that I might feel its thickness. THE SPIKE
Some of the more exotic, smoked flavors, including hickory and applewood, are express-smoked under pressure in a controlled-combustion smoke chamber.
The result is a somewhat funny-looking, normal sized boiler chicken that carries the special naked gene.
There are games coming thick and fast and you can bounce back quickly. The Sun
The beggar tore the chicken apart and began to eat.
WINDING ALONG HIGH ground where tall oaks, maples, and hickories crowded the sky, we descended to a swampy bottom filled with palmettos, water oaks, gums, and bald cypresses. Fire The Sky
She and Tamara Thomas are the two foxiest chicks here. Jay's Journal
The bank offered to lend us ￡1,000 but that's chicken feed compared to what we need.
Established in 1971, the 13,500-square-meter megastore is an institution in Singapore, selling everything from saris to air tickets to canned chickpeas to Rolexes. After Hours: Singapore
He worried over her like a mother hen clucking over her chicks.
Running through the orange grove, which already had little green oranges on, past the chickens, she froze with horror.
Among the nearly 200 species found here are thicket tinamou, brown pelican, osprey, king vulture, and laughing gull.
I never used to like olives until after ST was born -- for some reason, now they really appeal to me and I'm always adding extra in dishes like Chicken/Turkey Tetrazzini or in Mexican dishes. Organization Station
Lately Nick and Lou have been as thick as thieves.
The scanner takes more than 90 measurements of the hand in terms of length, width, thickness and surface area in the span of one second.
Tip the chickpeas into a colander, rinse and shake dry. Times, Sunday Times
Note that thick curtains will cut heat loss and your heating bill. Times, Sunday Times
Then he would eat his favourite food by picking off choice meat off of the bone of extra rare chicken tikkas.
In practice, the chips were sliced sweet potato and the nuggets were pieces of chicken dipped in ground almonds and paprika. Times, Sunday Times
He finally reached Bear Dooley's half-closed office door, which was burdened with numerous layers of thick brown paint. THE X FILES 3: GROUND ZERO
Use thicker-fleshed chiles, such as poblanos, and allow their skin to blacken and blister without burning through the flesh.
Coat chicken breast with flour, then dip in beaten egg, finally coat with bread crumbs.
Insert a small knife into the top of the chicken breast to loosen the skin.
Dundee began to disappear behind a white veil while Chick drank his way steadily down the half-bottle.
To make matters worse, thick, fibrous adhesions are often formed anchoring the congested, fatty tissue to the muscular layer below.
We were in the thick of the fight.
Long sympathetic neurons and sensory neurons, with particular reference to those of the dorsomedial quadrant of spinal ganglia in chick embryo [12], provided a most valuable system for demonstrating the three main activities of NGF, i.e., 1) its vital trophic role during the early developmental stages, 2) its property of enhancing differentiative processes such as neurite outgrowth, and 3) of guiding the growing or regenerating neurites along its own concentration gradient. [ Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later
Interestingly it has a thick plastic coverslip tube with the Rose and the Doctor on it. November 26th, 2006
Case said the rocks are in glass cases, and are pock-marked black tektite; one is tear-dropped shaped and about 3.5 inches long by 1.25 inches wide, and a half an inch thick. Searching for Moon Rocks Here on Earth | Universe Today
Years ago when controlled fires and cows ran free, you could move thru the woods and now there's barbwire and thick brush. Still Hunting Tip: Tracking Bucks Through Clear-Cuts
Her accent is so thick you could cut it with a knife— I can hardly understand a word she says.
Add the chicken, leeks carrots and peas, and slowly cook on the stove for about 15 minutes.
Thick cloud blotted out the view.
As for the wine glasses, we live near dozens of restaurants, some world-class, which means their stemware is as thin as their wine lists are thick.
Andrew began to carve the chicken.
We kept driving, past cedar thickets and a pasture studded with blooming prickly pear cactus.
Shrugging, he pushed open the door to the bar and almost choked on the smoke that hung thickly in the air.
Trim skin and fat from chicken and smear with olive oil. Times, Sunday Times
Wrap the cake in a double thickness of foil.
And was there frostwork about and thick weather and hice, soon calid, soon frozen, cold on warm but moistly dry, and a boatshaped blanket of bruma air-sighs and hellstohns and flammballs and vodashouts and every — thing to please everybody? — Finnegans Wake
The literature says to space joints in feet the same as the thickness of the overlay in inches, but we wanted to try something different.
The ice was so thick that it brought down power, phone and telegraph lines. Times, Sunday Times
Then winter arrives - usually for about two weeks - and we get new weeds - chickweed, henbit and annual bluegrass.
At the same time, parts of southern England were struck by a freak ice storm that encased the landscape in thick ice. Times, Sunday Times
Put the chicken in hot fat and braise thoroughly.
Instead of the turkey, a boiled or roasted chicken (with the brown meat a little underdone) or a brace of stewed or roasted pheasants can be used.
Rain, heavy cloud cover and thick fog in the area had prompted Albania's prime minister to cancel his own flight to the conference.
You've got to have a hide as thick as a rhinoceros to carry on and pretend nothing has happened.
The bomb shelter has concrete walls that are three metres thick.
The bulk of flu vaccine production today is done using fertilized chicken eggs and takes months.
But she's the one who always wanted to be a writer, and kept postponing it because she was too chicken-hearted, afraid she would fail. THE SAVING GRACES
Original walls over 2m thick and deeply recessed small windows moderate internal temperatures.
The Securities and Exchange Commission had charged the bank with covering up for outrageous bonuses given out at Merrill Lynch as the bank acquired the failed stockbrokerage, and now it was letting the bank off the hook with a chicken-feed fine. Robert Scheer: Letting the Banking Rats Out of the Bag
Thick cotton padding embedded the precious vase in its box.
We watched the building vanish under a mantle of thick grey smoke as the fire swiftly moved through it.
Is the ice thick enough for skating?
I was making a million a year, but that's chicken feed in the pop business.
He followed a little farther, and now his tail was heard to '_tap, tap, tap_' the brush as he went through a dry thicket. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned
The first thing that caught my eye was one of those plastic doohickeys that six-packs of soda come in.
We do this by creating innovative flavour combinations, such as havarti, smoked chicken and avocado, aged cheddar, tomato and spicy Genoa salami and brie, green apple, crushed walnuts and watercress. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Maybe it's the Audi posters advertising sponsorship of the meeting, or the lines of policemen protecting Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets.

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