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nackan

nackan noun: pocket handkerchief.

Noun

nackan (plural nackans)

  1. (Cornwall, rare, regional) Pocket handkerchief.
    • Don’t you be frightened even if you happen to see Old Nick. Perhaps it would be well to tie a nackan (handkerchief) over your eyes...1870s, Bottrell, William, The Ghost of Stythians

Forms of nackan

pluralnackans
alternative formnackin
alternative formnacker

Questions about nackan

What does nackan mean?
Nackan means pocket handkerchief.
What part of speech is nackan?
Nackan is a noun.
What is the plural of nackan?
The plural of nackan is nackans.

Words near nackan in the dictionary

  1. Nacionalista
  2. Nacionalistas
  3. NACIQI
  4. Nacirema
  5. nack
  6. nackan
  7. Nackawic
  8. nacked
  9. nackednavirus
  10. nackednaviruses
  11. nacker

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