feck

¹ British  

/ fɛk /

noun

1. obsolete

   1. worth; value

   2. amount; quantity

   3. the greater part; the majority

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feck ² British  

/ fɛk /

verb

1. slang a variant of fuck

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Etymology

Origin of feck

C15 (Scottish dialect) fek , short for _effect

Example Sentences

Italy had a big influx of quickie "flying tours," with most visitors asking American Express the directions to the fountain into which Gregory feck and Audrey Hepburn threw coins.

From Time Magazine Archive

After this has been effected, it descends into the third stomach, or the feck, which looks something like the several leaves of a book; lastly it goes into the fourth stomach, which is merely wrinkled.

From Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals by Weir, Harrison

Stevison maun hae sent ye the feck o’ twenty sangs—fifteen I’se warrant.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I dinna see how that can be, if ye begin by gieing maybe the feck o' twal shillings Scots for your supper; but young folks are aye venturesome, and think to get siller that way.

From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Scott, Walter, Sir

"That minister preaches the feck o' his best sermons oot o' the pulpit," said I, as I bade Andrew good-day and went back into the High Street, from which the folk were beginning to scatter.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)