blicky

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blicky¹

  • [ˈblɪki]

Rhymes with -ɪki

noun blickies

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of blickey (“A small tin canister or cylindrical pail.”). By 3 o'clock A. M., Mrs. Chadwick had an excellent breakfast ready of stewed sheldrake, clam fritters, excellent buckwheat cakes, and good coffee, and shortly after, with lighted lanterns and a good lunch packed in a tin blicky, we were off to our various points, when only a faint gray streak showed

blicky²

  • [ˈblɪki]

Rhymes with -ɪki

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Probably dissimilated from click, a common imitation of the sound of a pistol, + -y.

noun blickies · blick

  1. Multicultural London English, New York, slang A pistol. Let’s just say all of those weekends at the gun range paid off. I only have three blickies, so two of you are assed out.

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@misc{blicky_2026,
  title = {blicky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blicky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}