Licker
//ˈlɪkɚ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone or something that licks.
"When the back of the stamp is licked the first result is to leave on the tongue of the licker an unpleasant coating which demands the instant application of water to wash it off."
- 2 Eye dialect spelling of liquor. alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable
Example
More examples"The first is a dish licker, the second a lice-killing cudgel. They pinch, when they are together. What could it be, by chance?"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English likkere, lykkare, equivalent to lick + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Läkker, Dutch likker, German Low German Licker, German Lecker.
Etymology 2
See liquor.
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