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’ 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 Robert Burns
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 C. A. Bogardus
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 Charles Dudley Warner
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 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 William Allan Neilson
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