Blicky
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 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 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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More examples"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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