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nicker
/ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/
noun 9verb 3
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2VERB + NICKER
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Definitions
noun
1
Pound sterling.
This coat cost me 50 nicker.
Seems? Well, this seems to be a waste of my time. That is 900 nicker in any shop you're lucky enough to find one in. And you're complaining about 200? What school of finance did you study?
noun
1
A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
2
A snigger or suppressed laugh.
verb
1
To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
Behind him, old Akthoob was grumbling loudly, saying something about the midday meal, and Haral, the black Feridoon pony, snuffing in the old, familiar scent of the green meadows of the Chaya's banks, the warm sweet smells of home, was nickering eagerly.
"Nasrullah's nickerin’, Mr. Arthur. Somethin's wrong." "Hell, he's nickered before. He nickers all the time!" Robinson and Snow looked at each other, saying nothing for a moment, and finally Snow told Hancock that Nasrullah never nickered in the paddock.
2
To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.
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This coat cost me 50 nicker.
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Seems? Well, this seems to be a waste of my time. That is 900 nicker in any shop you're lucky enough to find one in. And you're complaining about 200? What school of finance did you study?
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Behind him, old Akthoob was grumbling loudly, saying something about the midday meal, and Haral, the black Feridoon pony, snuffing in the old, familiar scent of the green meadows of the Chaya's banks,
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"Nasrullah's nickerin’, Mr. Arthur. Somethin's wrong." "Hell, he's nickered before. He nickers all the time!" Robinson and Snow looked at each other, saying nothing for a moment, and finally Snow told
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After a few minutes, the mare walked over and nickered loudly in his ear, and he immediately got to his feet and stripped the gear from the waiting horse.
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1713-1714, John Arbuthnot, Memoirs of Martin Scriblerus your modern musicians want art to defend their windows from common nickers
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