Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rogue; one given to mischievous tricks.
Etymologies
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From Scots nickum, a suffixed form of Nick.
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Examples
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"Come oot o 'the gutter, ye nickum!" cried, in harsh, half-masculine voice, a woman standing on the curbstone of a short, narrow, dirty lane, at right angles to an important thoroughfare, itself none of the widest or cleanest.
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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I wonner that ye tak sic pains wi 'me, sir, whan I was sic a nickum. "
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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