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{
"etymology_text": "Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.",
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{
"form": "Hicks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"word": "hick"
},
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"word": "Hicks"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"word": "Hickson"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"word": "Higgs"
}
],
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"A diminutive of the male given name Richard."
],
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[
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[
"Richard",
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"qualifier": "rare today",
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"(rare today) A diminutive of the male given name Richard."
],
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"word": "Dickson"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"word": "Dix"
},
{
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"word": "Dixon"
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{
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"word": "Richard"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"word": "Richards"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"word": "Richardson"
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],
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{
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{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"word": "Higgs"
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{
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"word": "Dick"
},
{
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"word": "Rich"
},
{
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{
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}
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"glosses": [
"A surname originating as a patronymic."
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɪk"
}
],
"word": "Hick"
}
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɪk"
],
"derived": [
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"word": "hick"
},
{
"word": "Hicks"
},
{
"word": "Hickson"
},
{
"word": "Higgs"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.",
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"form": "Hicks",
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"plural"
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}
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{
"word": "Dix"
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{
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{
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"A diminutive of the male given name Richard."
],
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[
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"(rare today) A diminutive of the male given name Richard."
]
},
{
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"English surnames from patronymics"
],
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"A surname originating as a patronymic."
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɪk"
}
],
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{
"word": "Hicks"
},
{
"word": "Hickson"
},
{
"word": "Higgs"
},
{
"word": "Dick"
},
{
"word": "Rich"
},
{
"word": "Richard"
},
{
"word": "Rick"
}
],
"word": "Hick"
}
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