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thick

/θɪk/ noun C2
  1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something. · It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
  2. A thicket.
  3. A stupid person; a fool. (slang)

Plural thicks

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Fly as thick as driving rain;
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 11 · C1
Thick blows my frosty breath abroad;
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 12 · C1
More thick than rain he showers his rays
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 21 · C1
They all made a rush at Alice the moment she appeared; but she ran off as hard as she could, and soon found herself safe in a thick wood.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 28 · B2

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