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nickum

nickum noun: a mischievous person; a scallywag.

Noun

nickum (plural nickums)

  1. (Scotland) A mischievous person; a scallywag.
    • Folk said he fair was a nickum, that loon, young Ewan Tavendale that came form the Manse […]1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 451

Forms of nickum

pluralnickums

Origin of nickum

From Scots nickum, a suffixed form of Nick.

Questions about nickum

What does nickum mean?
Nickum means a mischievous person; a scallywag.
What part of speech is nickum?
Nickum is a noun.
What is the plural of nickum?
The plural of nickum is nickums.

Words near nickum in the dictionary

  1. nicks off
  2. nicks up
  3. Nickson
  4. nickstick
  5. nicksticks
  6. nickum
  7. nickumpoop
  8. nickumpoops
  9. nickums
  10. Nicky
  11. nicky nacky noo

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