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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nicker.

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Examples

  • Since I told him not, he hasn't taken my basting-spoon to melt lead for what he calls nickers; and then he hasn't repeated that wicked cruel trick of sitting on the wall. "

    Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel George Manville Fenn 1870

  • She nickers and rolls round in the grass, hikes up and presents herself.

    Spike Thomas Pluck 2011

  • I find it funny how someone can get there nickers all in a twist, 300 Win Mag 200 grain bullet at 3050 fps vs 338 Win Mag 225 grain at 3000fps and at 1000 yards the only difference is only the knock down power of a 22 Magnum, WOW LOL!

    What is the best cartridge for long range hunting? For deer through elk size game. 2009

  • I find it funny how someone can get there nickers all in a twist, 300 Win Mag 200 grain bullet at 3050 fps vs 338 Win Mag 225 grain at 3000fps and at 1000 yards the only difference is only the knock down power of a 22 Magnum, WOW LOL!

    What is the best cartridge for long range hunting? For deer through elk size game. 2009

  • I pat her flank, and she nickers, but her heart's not in it.

    Spike Thomas Pluck 2011

  • A horse nickers in the deep summer grass, and I'm willing to believe -- though he stamps his foot, and I hear the swish of it through the window -- that he's grazing in the green of my dream.

    Six Poems By Dan Gerber: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010

  • A horse nickers in the deep summer grass, and I'm willing to believe -- though he stamps his foot, and I hear the swish of it through the window -- that he's grazing in the green of my dream.

    Six Poems By Dan Gerber: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010

  • I point out my dorm and the windows to my room, and then I lead everybody down the back road to the stables and introduce them to Blackjack, who nickers softly when he sees me.

    Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009

  • Poor O'Rielly, nickers still grandly twisted...as is his argument.

    The high cost of Cambridge police records 2009

  • I point out my dorm and the windows to my room, and then I lead everybody down the back road to the stables and introduce them to Blackjack, who nickers softly when he sees me.

    Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009

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