Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hickory

Old Hickory. General Andrew Jackson. Parton says he was first called “Tough,” from his pedestrian powers; then “Tough as hickory;” and lastly, “Old Hickory.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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