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Nicker
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Meaning
Noun
●
In British English & Money:
Pound sterling.
●
A
soft
neighing
sound
characteristic
of a horse.
●
In Laughter:
A
snigger
or
suppressed
laugh.
●
One of the
night
brawlers
of London formerly
noted
for
breaking
windows
with halfpence.
●
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.
●
Someone who
nicks
(steals) something, a thief.
●
In Mythological creatures & Mythology:
A type of
mythological
sea
creature
or
sea monster
; also, a water
sprite
; a
nix
or
nixie
; a
mermaid
or merman.
🤬
nigger.
Verb
●
In Animal sounds:
To make a
soft
neighing
sound
characteristic
of a horse.
●
In Laughter:
To
produce
a
snigger
or
suppressed
laugh.
●
In British English:
To
snatch
or steal.
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Origin
nicker
English
-er
English
-er
Middle English (1100-1500)
-eren
Middle English (1100-1500)
-or
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-ra
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
nick
English
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Pound
Quid
Sov
Neigh
Whinny
Thief
Pound Sterling
Related
Smackers
Bairn
Muckle
Guilders
Birr
Shillings
Moo
Ha'Penny
Caw
Sheep Shagger
Rhymes
Kicker
Ticker
Bicker
Nicker
Wicker
Sticker
Snicker
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