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Old Hickory   /oʊld hˈɪkəri/   Listen
Old Hickory

noun
1.
7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845).  Synonyms: Andrew Jackson, Jackson.





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"Old Hickory" Quotes from Famous Books



... was ten years old when President Andrew Jackson visited Concord. Everybody went to see "Old Hickory." In the yellow-bottomed chaise, paterfamilias Coffin took his boy Carleton and his daughter Elvira, the former having four pence ha'penny to spend. Federal currency was not plentiful in those days, and the people still used the ...
— Charles Carleton Coffin - War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman • William Elliot Griffis


Words linked to "Old Hickory" :   President of the United States, Chief Executive, general, president, Andrew Jackson, United States President, Jackson, full general


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