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"HICKATHRIFT" is a common misspelling or typo for: Hick thrift.

Date "HICKATHRIFT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Definition: HICKATHRIFT

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LiteratureHickathrift (Tom or Jack). A poor labourer in the time of the Conquest, of such enormous strength that, armed with an axletree and cartwheel only, he killed a giant who dwelt in a marsh at Tilney, Norfolk. He was knighted and made governor of Thanet. He is sometimes called Hickafric. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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