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  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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From a medieval diminutive of Hick.

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Examples

  • Alfred Hickling is engrossed by the time travels of a Victorian housewife

    Nina in Utopia by Miranda Miller – review Alfred Hickling 2010

  • British contemporary painter Tony Bevan 's artwork—he's best known for his self-portraits and paintings of architecture—has been described as "violent, vivid paintings, as angry as a bruise and seductive as a Glasgow kiss," by one critic Alfred Hickling for The Guardian.

    Tony Bevan and His Self-Portraits Doretta Lau 2011

  • While praising Hill Farm in his review in the Guardian, Alfred Hickling says France "is rather less disciplined when it comes to the subject of romance."

    Nancy Graham Holm: Hill Farm by Miranda France Nancy Graham Holm 2011

  • Norfolk sites such as Hickling Broad will see probably our most photogenic butterfly – the swallowtail – begin to emerge at the end of the month.

    Are butterflies the UK's most beautiful endangered species? | Dan Flenley 2011

  • Hickling has never experienced falling in love from a woman's point of view and one can only guess if he has ever been one half of an illicit affair.

    Nancy Graham Holm: Hill Farm by Miranda France Nancy Graham Holm 2011

  • Humans, Hickling said, have a fundamental need to create and maintain a narrative for their lives in which the universe is not implacable and heartless, that terrible things do not happen at random, and that catastrophe can be avoided if you are vigilant and responsible.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • Hickling is a clinical psychologist from Albany, New York, who has studied the effects of fatal auto accidents on the drivers who survive them.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • Humans, Hickling said, have a fundamental need to create and maintain a narrative for their lives in which the universe is not implacable and heartless, that terrible things do not happen at random, and that catastrophe can be avoided if you are vigilant and responsible.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • Alfred Hickling joins the former national champions as they battle it out at the UK finals

    The secret of barbershop: harmonise, project – and smile! 2010

  • Alfred Hickling finds a reactionary voice more hilarious than objectionable

    The Misogynist by Piers Paul Read 2010

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