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dicker
English
Etymology
From Late Latin dacra (“a dicker”), from Latin decuria (“a ten of something”), from decem (“ten”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: d?k?(r), IPA(key): /?d?k?(?)/
- (General American) enPR: d?k?r, IPA(key): /?d?k?/
- Rhymes: -?k?(?)
Verb
dicker (third-person singular simple present dickers, present participle dickering, simple past and past participle dickered)
- (intransitive) To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6, [1]
- In the brilliant sparkle of the morning when everything that was not superlatively blue was superlatively green, I dickered with a man who was taking a party up the inlet that he should drop me off at the village I was headed for.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6, [1]
- (transitive) To barter.
- 1848, James Fenimore Cooper, The Oak Openings, Chapter 2, [2]
- Then, the white men who penetrated to those semi-wilds were always ready to "dicker" and to "swap," and to "trade" rifles, and watches, and whatever else they might happen to possess, almost to their wives and children.
- 1848, James Fenimore Cooper, The Oak Openings, Chapter 2, [2]
Noun
dicker (countable and uncountable, plural dickers)
- (obsolete) A unit of measure, consisting of 10 of some object, particularly hides and skins.
- 1599, attributed to Thomas Heywood, Edward IV, Part One, Act III, Scene 1, [3]
- Hobs [the Tanner of Tamsworth]. […] My taking is more than my spending, for here's store left. I have spent but a groat; a penny for my two jades, a penny to the poor, a penny pot of ale, and a penny cake for my man and me, a dicker of cowhides cost me.
- 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 171,
- The dicker, or daker, was ten, and is found, though generally at later times than the period before us, as a measure for hides and gloves.
- 1599, attributed to Thomas Heywood, Edward IV, Part One, Act III, Scene 1, [3]
- (US) A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.
- to make a dicker
- 1856, John Greenleaf Whittier, "The Panorama" [4]
- “Grant that the North’s insulted, scorned, betrayed,
- O'erreached in bargains with her neighbor made,
- When selfish thrift and party held the scales
- For peddling dicker, not for honest sales,—
- Whom shall we strike? Who most deserves our blame?
Synonyms
- daker
References
Anagrams
- Derick, Redick, ricked
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?k?/
Adjective
dicker
- comparative degree of dick
Adjective
dicker
- inflection of dick:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
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wicker
English
Etymology
From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?k?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?k?(r)
- (General American) enPR: w?k??r, IPA(key): /?w?k?/
- Homophone: whicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
- Homophone: Wicca (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)
- A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
- Wickerwork.
Derived terms
- wickerwork
- rewicker
- wicker man
Translations
See also
- basket
- cradle
- rattan
Adjective
wicker (not comparable)
- Made of wickerwork.
Translations
Further reading
- wicker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Middle English
Adjective
wicker
- comparative degree of wikke
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