nicky-tam

noun 3

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noun

1

A pair of straps or pieces of string tied around the leg below the knee to raise trousers above the level of farmyard dirt.

Use for ditching.

A Pair of Nicky-Tams Folk song.

2

The same to prevent the ingress of dust and vermin up the trouser leg.

Keeping rats out.

3

A simpleton or country yokel.

Interview with Sir Nicky Tam in the Aberdeen Voice.

See also "A Pair of Nicky-Tams".

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