hickory

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noun

Etymology: A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.

1. Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.

   “[H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said, "Boy, let me tell you what."”

2. The wood of these trees.
3. A coarse, durable cotton fabric.

   “The loggers wore hickory shirts.”

4. A club with a head made from hickory wood.

   “What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem.”

   “I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]”