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hickster

noun

Etymology

Blend of hick + hipster.

  1. derived from *ḱewb-✻
  2. inherited from *hupiz✻
  3. inherited from hype
  4. inherited from hipe
  5. formed as hipster — “hip + -ster”
  6. compounded as hickster — “hick + hipster”

Definitions

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

    • 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.
    • “You there, hickster! Stop gawking! We're on the clock here! Tick, tick, time is money in Gotham.
    • He was cool as ice, and he knew it. "All right then, hickster," said the tough. "Hickster?" Sheldon said to himself.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA