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Designating or relating to food (especially meat) preserved or flavoured by exposure to the smoke of burning hickory wood (or flavoured as if by this method), particularly associated with barbecues in the Southern states of the United States; also figurative having a style, appearance, or character typical of rural life in the United States, especially the Southern states.
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Scioto Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio).