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- noun A member of a street-gang in London c.1700.
- noun Hence, a
ruffian or bully.
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At a later period arose the Nicker, the Hawcubite, and the yet more dreaded name of Mohawk.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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