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wickie

noun

Etymology

From wick + -ie, because some of the wickie's duties related to supervising and tending to the wicks.

  1. inherited from *weyḱ-✻ — “to enter in; to settle; settlement”
  2. inherited from *wīhsą✻ — “settlement; village”
  3. inherited from *wīhs✻ — “burgh, village; colony, settlement; dwelling”
  4. derived from *weikos✻ — “village”
  5. derived from vīcus — “row of houses; street; quarter, neighbourhood; hamlet, village; municipal section or ward; farm”
  6. inherited from wīc — “dwelling place, abode, lodging; temporary dwelling place, camp; place where a thing remains; town, village”
  7. inherited from wik
  8. formed as wickie — “wick + -ie”

Definitions

  1. Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and…

    Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light.

    • ... now I’m a wickie and a wickie I is. I’m damn-well wedded to this here light, and she’s been a finer, truer, quieter wife than any a liveblooded woman.

  2. A wicketkeeper.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA