feck
1 Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of feck
C15 (Scottish dialect) fek , short for effect
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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
Simmer an' Winter, Yule an' Spring, The damned, dour-heartit seasons bring A feck o' trouble.
From Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson
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
If ye have to rowt, ye can rowt amang the kye; and the maist feck of the caapital punishmeiit ye're like to come across'll be guddling trouts.
From Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
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
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