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
Quo’ she, an’ laughin’ as she spak, An’ taks me by the hands, “Ye, for my sake, hae gi’en the feck, Of a’ the ten commands A screed some day.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
It was a quiet meeting, for the Mossgiel family had the true Scottish reticence or reserve; but though their words were not "mony feck," their feelings were strong.
From Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp
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
He maun hae left a fell feck o' bawbees, for I ashure ye his weeda has a fu' hoose, an' aye plenty to do wi'.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
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