feck
1 Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of feck
C15 (Scottish dialect) fek , short for effect
Example Sentences
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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
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 Robert Louis Stevenson
Ae stride or twa took the silly auld carle, An' a gude lang stride took he: 'I trow thou to be a feck auld carle, Will ye shaw the way to me?'
From English Songs and Ballads by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland
Ou ay, he has been a feck ower by at the Barr.
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
I could tell ye a feck o' queer things about the voyage; but I hae nae time enow.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
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