Blicky

/[ˈblɪki]/ noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of blickey (“A small tin canister or cylindrical pail.”). alt-of, alternative

    "By 3 o'clock A. M., Mrs. Chadwick had an excellent breakfast ready of stewed sheldrake, clam fritters, excellent buckwheat cakes, and good coffee, and shortly after, with lighted lanterns and a good lunch packed in a tin blicky, we were off to our various points, when only a faint gray streak showed the approach of daylight in the east."

  2. 2
    A pistol. Multicultural-London-English, New-York, slang

    "Let’s just say all of those weekends at the gun range paid off. I only have three blickies, so two of you are assed out."

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Example

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"By 3 o'clock A. M., Mrs. Chadwick had an excellent breakfast ready of stewed sheldrake, clam fritters, excellent buckwheat cakes, and good coffee, and shortly after, with lighted lanterns and a good lunch packed in a tin blicky, we were off to our various points, when only a faint gray streak showed the approach of daylight in the east."

Etymology

Probably dissimilated from click, a common sound imitation in reference to the utilization of a pistol, + -y.

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