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nicker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nicker has 1 sense
- nicker(n = noun.event) neigh, whicker, whinny - the characteristic sounds made by a horse; Array is a kind of cry
Derived form verb nicker1
Verb nicker has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
- One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nicker, n. (pl. same) Brit. sl. a pound (in money).
Etymology
20th c.: orig. unkn.
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