Wickie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light. dated

    "... now I’m a wickie and a wickie I is. I’m damn-well wedded to this here light, and she’s been a finer, truer, quieter wife than any a liveblooded woman."

  2. 2
    A wicketkeeper. British, colloquial

Synonyms

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wicketkeeper

Example

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"... now I’m a wickie and a wickie I is. I’m damn-well wedded to this here light, and she’s been a finer, truer, quieter wife than any a liveblooded woman."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From wick + -ie, because some of the wickie's duties related to supervising and tending to the wicks.

Etymology 2

Clipping of wicketkeeper + -ie.

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