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
But a better sang it wud tak nor yer ain, Though ye hae o' notes a feck, To mak the auld Barebanes there sae fain As to lift the muckle sneck!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
This was the miller's youngest daughter.—"What feck o' siller has Betty?" says I. "Ye can gang and ask her," says she.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
An' nether did I, for that pairt o't, for she byochy-byochied awa' the feck o' the nicht, an' I cudna get fa'in' ower.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
His coat is the hue Of his bonnet sae blue; His feck it is white as the new-driven snaw; His hose they are blae, And his shoon like the slae.
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 Burns, Robert
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