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wickie

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wickie¹

Where it comes from

From wick + -ie, because some of the wickie's duties related to supervising and tending to the wicks.

noun wickies

  1. dated Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light. ... now I’m a wickie and a wickie I is. I’m damn-well wedded to this here light, and she’s been a finer, truer, quieter wife than any a liveblooded woman.

wickie²

Where it comes from

Clipping of wicketkeeper + -ie.

noun wickies

  1. UK, colloquial A wicketkeeper.

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"wickie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wickie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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wickie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wickie

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"wickie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wickie.

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@misc{wickie_2026,
  title = {wickie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wickie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}