If the stitches were big and uneven, he gave two Hickeys and a pinch, and one boy got half a dozen, because Johnny said his dirty hands made the thread gray.
"The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle"
Annie Fellows Johnston
Next time you have trouble with those Hickeys of yours, try swearing caterpillar at 'em, and you'll find out.
"Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man"
Marie Conway Oemler
Then occurred the great event which put Meester Fleent in a place apart in the estimation of all Appleboro, forever settled his status among the mill-hands and the "Hickeys," and incidentally settled a tormenting doubt of himself in his own mind.
"Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man"
Marie Conway Oemler