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icker

American  
[ik-er] / ˈɪk ər /

noun

Scot.
  1. the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.


Etymology

Origin of icker

1505–15; Scots form of ear 2, continuing Old English æhher, eher (Northumbrian dial.)

Example Sentences

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A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request; I'll get a blessin' wi' the laive, And never miss't!

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request: I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, An' never miss't!

From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner

A daimen icker in a thrave ‘S a sma’ request: I’ll get a blessin’ wi’ the lave, And never miss’t!

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

A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request: I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, And never miss't!

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various

A daimen icker in a thrave35 'S a sma' request: I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, And never miss 't!

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley

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