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claykicker

noun

Etymology

From clay + kicker.

  1. derived from *ǵeyH-✻ — “to sprout, shoot”
  2. derived from *kī-✻
  3. derived from *kaikaz✻ — “bent backwards”
  4. derived from kikna — “to sink at the knees”
  5. inherited from kyken — “to strike out with the foot”
  6. formed as kicker — “kick + -er”
  7. compounded as claykicker — “clay + kicker”

Definitions

  1. A member of a tunnelling engineering squad in World War I.

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