icker
Americannoun
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' o' request I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, And never miss 't!
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.
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 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
A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request; I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, An' never miss't!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns 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 Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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