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blickey

blickey noun: a canister or dinner pail usually of tin.

Noun

blickey (plural blickeys)

  1. (New-Jersey, New-York, Pennsylvania, dated, dialectal) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.

Forms of blickey

pluralblickeys
alternative formblicky

Origin of blickey

From Dutch blikje, diminutive of blik (“can; tinplate”).

Words that rhyme with blickey

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about blickey

What does blickey mean?
Blickey means a canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
What part of speech is blickey?
Blickey is a noun.
What is the plural of blickey?
The plural of blickey is blickeys.

Words near blickey in the dictionary

  1. blickered
  2. blickering
  3. blickers
  4. blicket
  5. blickets
  6. blickey
  7. blickeys
  8. blickies
  9. blicking
  10. Blickling
  11. blicks

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