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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.)

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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 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, An' never miss't!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

A daimen icker in a thrave odd ear, 24 sheaves 'S a sma' request; Is I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, rest And never miss't!

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan

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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