Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wickie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wick-ie
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Dated

noun

A wicketkeeper.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"... 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."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

wickies (plural)

Questions

What does wickie mean?: Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light.
Where does wickie come from?: From wick + -ie, because some of the wickie's duties related to supervising and tending to the wicks.

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