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nackin

nackin is the alternative spelling of nackan.

Meaning of nackan

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 nackin

pluralnackins

Questions about nackin

What is nackin the alternative spelling of?
Nackin is the alternative spelling of nackan.

Words near nackin in the dictionary

  1. Nackawic
  2. nacked
  3. nackednavirus
  4. nackednaviruses
  5. nacker
  6. nackin
  7. nacking
  8. nacks
  9. NaCl
  10. nacoda
  11. nacodah

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