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Hickey may refer to:

Hickey (surname), including list of people with the surname
Hickey (band), melodic" punk band from San Francisco's Mission District
Hickey College, private career college in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Slang meanings of Hickey

Love-bite or other bruise
Hickey, a placeholder name, shortened form of doohickey

Hickey's Bengal Gazette, first printed newspaper to be published in the Indian sub-continent
Hickey Freeman, manufacturer of suits for men and boys, based in Rochester, New York, USA
Hickey-Osborne Block, historic area in Peabody, Massachusetts, USA
Hickey & Boggs, 1972 film noir detective movie written by Walter Hill and directed by Robert Culp
Hickey plot, a rumored plot to kill George Washington involving executed soldier Thomas Hickey
Hickey Run, tributary of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., USA
Hickey Settlement, Ontario, a community in Hastings Highlands, Ontario, Canada

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hickey.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

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-'''Hickey''' may refer to the following:
+'''Hickey''' may refer to:
-*[[Hickey (surname)]]
+* [[Hickey (surname)]], including list of people with the surname
-== Arts and entertainment ==
+* [[Hickey (band)]], melodic" punk band from San Francisco's Mission District
-* [[Cheryl Hickey]], born 1976,  entertainment reporter for the [[Global Television Network]]
-* [[Dale Hickey]] born 1937, Australian artist
+* [[Hickey College]], private career college in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
-* [[Dave Hickey]], American art critic, author of ''Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy'' (1998)
-* [[Earl Hickey]], fictional character in the NBC show [[My Name Is Earl]]
-* [[Randy Hickey]], fictional character in the NBC show [[My Name Is Earl]]
-* [[Eddie Hickey]], US sportsman
-* [[Ersel Hickey]], rockabilly singer
-* [[James Harden-Hickey]], 19th century American writer
-* [[Jeffrey Hickey]], Author of 'The Coach's Son'
-* [[Kenny Hickey]]
-* [[Magee Hickey]]
-* [[Michael Hickey]], US screenwriter
-* [[Tom Hickey]], Irish actor, famous for his role in ''[[The Riordans]]''
-* [[Thomas Hickey (painter)|Thomas Hickey]], 1741-1842, Irish painter
-* [[William Hickey (actor)]]
-* [[William Hickey (memoirist)]]
-* [[Hickey (band)|Hickey]] was also the name of a melodic [[punk rock]] band from San Francisco in the mid 1990s.
+== Slang meanings of Hickey ==
-==Sport ==
-* [[Colin Hickey]], Australian speed skater
-* [[Denis Hickie]], Irish international [[Rugby Union]]
-* [[Jarrad Hickey]], born 1985, Australian Rugby League player
-* [[Jim Hickey (American football)]]
-* [[Jim Hickey (baseball coach)]]
-* [[Miriam Hickey]], US Soccer player
-* [[Noah Hickey]], New Zealand football (soccer) player
-* [[Noel Hickey]], Irish sports man
-* [[Pat Hickey]], born 1953, Canadian Ice Hockey player
-* [[Red Hickey]], 1917 - 2006, athlete, played American Football.
-* [[Reg Hickey]], player and coach for [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] in [[Australian rules football]]
-==Politics and law ==
-* [[Bonnie Hickey]], Canadian politician
-* [[James Hickey (Irish politician)]]
-* [[John J. Hickey]], American politician
-==History and current affairs ==
-* Colonel [[James Hickey (soldier)]], in charge of the US Special forces team which captured Saddam Hussein
-* [[Jim Hickey (weather presenter)]]
-* [[Mary Augusta Hickey]], [[Kennedy family]] matriarch
-* [[Thomas Hickey (soldier)]], executed for mutiny during the [[American Revolutionary War]]
-* [[Hickey's Bengal Gazette]] was the first printed newspaper to be published in the Indian sub-continent.
-==Slang meanings of Hickey==
-In North American [[slang]], ''Hickey'' has more than one meaning:
 * [[Love-bite]] or other bruise
-* Hickey is also a [[placeholder name]] used in the northeastern [[United States]], a shortened form of the [[placeholder name]] ''doo-hickey''.
+* Hickey, a [[placeholder name]], shortened form of ''doohickey''
-* A hickey is also a spot or discoloration on a press sheet due to specks of dust on a plate.
-* To "look like a right Mary Hickey" was traditional [[Dublin, Ireland]] slang for somebody, male or female, who was dressed inappropriately. This term has fallen into disuse.
-* A threaded electrical fitting used to connect a fixture to an outlet box.
-* A pipe-bending apparatus.
-==Other uses==
+== See also ==
+* [[Hickey's Bengal Gazette]], first printed newspaper to be published in the Indian sub-continent
-* [[James Cardinal Hickey]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in the USA
+* [[Hickey Freeman]], manufacturer of suits for men and boys, based in Rochester, New York, USA
-* [[Christopher Hickey]] [[Catholic Priest]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton]] in England
+* [[Hickey-Osborne Block]], historic area in Peabody, Massachusetts, USA
-* [[Marilyn Hickey]], American televangelist
+* ''[[Hickey & Boggs]]'', 1972 film noir detective movie written by Walter Hill and directed by Robert Culp
-* [[Rich Hickey]], creator of the [[Clojure]] computer programming language
+* [[Hickey plot]], a rumored plot to kill George Washington involving executed soldier Thomas Hickey
-* [[Timothy J. Hickey]], US Computer Scientist
+* [[Hickey Run]], tributary of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., USA
+* [[Hickey Settlement, Ontario]], a community in Hastings Highlands, Ontario, Canada
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