hicksville

[ hiks-vil ]

/ ˈhɪks vɪl /

a backward, provincial place; backwater.

Origin of hicksville

hick + -s³ + -ville, extracted from place names; cf. squaresville

hickory pine, hickox, hicks, hicks yew, hicksite, hicksville, hickwall, hicky, hicky-horse, hickymal, hid

Hicksville

[ hiks-vil ]

/ ˈhɪks vɪl /

a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.

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

Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp |Percy Keese Fitzhugh
He was waiting for the big daily event in Hicksville, the arrival of the train.

Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp |Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Not far away is Hicksville, and to the northward the ancient town of Jericho.

America, Volume III (of 6) |Joel Cook
One might suppose that Hicksville would be just the very place folks would go to, if they were dead.

Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp |Percy Keese Fitzhugh

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

Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp |Percy Keese Fitzhugh