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for different names that is also occasionally used as a formal given name. "

Flicka ''Flicka'' is a 2006 American family adventure drama film loosely based on the 1941 children's novel '' My Friend Flicka'' by Mary O'Hara. The film is directed by Michael Mayer and written by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner. The novel had ...

" is a

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word used in reference to a young

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. The nickname is associated with Flicka, a fictional horse in a '' book trilogy'' published during the 1940s by American author Mary O’Hara about an American boy and his mustang horse Flicka. The books were adapted into a movie trilogy and a 1950s television series. The 2006 American film ''

'' and its two sequels were loosely based on the previous books and films. Flicka was also one of a set of fictional identical

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in '' Flicka, Ricka, Dicka'', the English language translations of a series of

children's books by Swedish author/illustrator Maj Lindman that were published from the 1930s to the 1960s in the

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. The female triplets were called ''Rufsi, Tufsi, Tott'' in the original Swedish editions of the tales published during the 1920s in Sweden. Flicka is often used as a name for pets. Flicka is also a surname of

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origin.

Nicknames

Women

* Felicity “Flicka” Huffman (born 1962), American actress * Jessica ‘Flica” or “Flicka” Smith (born 1979), American woman who was a contestant on the American television series ''Survivor'' * Frederica “Flicka” von Stade (born 1945), American semi-retired classical singer

Men

* Franklin “Flicka” Rodman Jr. (1965–1995), American hiker killed in a November 1995 accident on the Pacific Crest Trail

Pen name

Mylène Flicka Mylène Flicka (born Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota; 22 July 1996) is a Beninese blogger, activist and social media entrepreneur. Biography Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota was born on 22 July 1996. She adopted the pseudonym Mylène Flicka when ...

, pen name of Beninese blogger, activist and social media entrepreneur Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota (born 1996)

Fiction

*Flicka, one of a set of identical triplets in the children's book '' Flicka, Ricka, Dicka'' by Swedish author/illustrator Maj Lindman *Flicka, a character in the 2005 American neo-noir black comedy crime film ''

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' is a 2005 American neo-noir black comedy crime film written and directed by Shane Black (in his directorial debut), and starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, and Corbin Bernsen. The script is ...

'' *Flicka, a mustang horse in the 1941 novel ''

My Friend Flicka ''My Friend Flicka'' is a 1941 novel by Mary O'Hara, about Ken McLaughlin, the son of a Wyoming rancher, and his mustang horse Flicka. It was the first in a trilogy, followed by ''Thunderhead'' (1943) and ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' (1946). The ...

'' and its two sequels, ''Thunderhead'' (1943) and ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' (1946) by American author

Mary O'Hara Mary O'Hara (born 12 May 1935) is an Irish soprano and harpist from County Sligo. She gained attention on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her recordings of that period influenced a generation of Irish female singer ...

*Flicka, a horse in a series of film adaptations, My Friend Flicka (1943), ''

Thunderhead, Son of Flicka ''Thunderhead, Son of Flicka'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, and Rita Johnson. It is a sequel to the 1943 film ''My Friend Flicka''. The film was adapted to screen by Dwight C ...

'' (1945), and ''

Green Grass of Wyoming ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn and Robert Arthur. The screenplay, written by Martin Berkeley, is based on the third book in the popular, "My Friend ...

'' (1948) *Flicka, a horse in the 1956-1957 television series ''

'' *Flicka, the horse in the 2006 American film ''

'' and its sequels, ''

Flicka 2 ''Flicka 2'' is a 2010 American drama film and a sequel to ''Flicka'' (2006). The film is about a city girl who finds herself in the country not by choice and befriends a horse. Neither girl or horse are wanted and they find a common bond. The film ...

'' (2010) and '' Flicka: Country Pride'' (2012) * Fredericka "Flicka" von Grüsse, a character in the

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novels ''

Never Send Flowers ''Never Send Flowers'', first published in 1993, was the thirteenth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Gardner's novelization of ''Licence to Kill''). Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, ...

'' and '' SeaFire'' by John Gardner

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