Dornick is a word of Irish or Gaelic origin meaning "a small round stone. "
The word and its variant spelling, "Donnick," persist in placenames, for example, Oak Donnick Floodway on the St. Francis River. The Saint Francis River is a Tributary of the Mississippi River, about 470 mi (760 km long in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas Local residents of the Lake City, Arkansas area refer to "Cane Donnick," also on the St. Francis River in the vicinity of "Cane Island" (an erstwhile community across the river from Lake City). Lake City is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas in the United States, along the St The Saint Francis River is a Tributary of the Mississippi River, about 470 mi (760 km long in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas "Hard as dornick" was a colloquial way of affirming a man's toughness in Indiana in 1939 (Paul G. Brewster, American Speech 14:4, 261-8).
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