Nickum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mischievous person; a scallywag. Scotland

    "Folk said he fair was a nickum, that loon, young Ewan Tavendale that came form the Manse […]"

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"Folk said he fair was a nickum, that loon, young Ewan Tavendale that came form the Manse […]"

Etymology

From Scots nickum, a suffixed form of Nick.

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