The animal was being beaten by a man with a hickory stick.

Used to beat me and my brother with a hickory stick.

No one told me that, but I know damned well he had it out; Percy loved that hickory stick.

I learned something about art, and I don't remember being hit with a hickory stick even once.

The barman pulled a heavy hickory stick from its hiding place under the bar.

I do know that if Earl catches wind of this supposed affair, he'll march right into their living room with a hickory stick.

On its door he kept a wooden hickory stick, one that he'd cut himself and polished to a shine.

He smacked my rear three times with the hickory stick.

Sentimental, yes, but also sturdy as a hickory stick.

She called it a teachin tool, just like the hickory stick.