hickory

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HICKORY, N.C.—In the late 1990s, this furniture-making hub seemed sheltered from the disruptive forces of globalization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 11, 2016

HICKORY, dickory, sackory down How many miles to Richmond town?

From The Little Mother Goose by Smith, Jessie Willcox

"OLD HICKORY" It is hardly necessary to repeat that this incident has not been duplicated since that day.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles

HICKORY, a shortened form of the American Indian name pohickery.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various