Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rare; occasional.
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Examples
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A daimen-icker [6-4] in a thrave [6-5] 'S a sma 'request:
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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A daimen icker in a thrave [odd ear, 24 sheaves] 'S a sma 'request; [Is]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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A daimen-icker, a corn-ear now and then; thrave, shock.
Notes: Book Third. Palgrave, Francis T Francis T. Palgrave 1875
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A daimen icker in a thrave [171] 'S a sma 'request:
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[295] Burns's Lines to a Mouse: "a daimen-icker in a thrave," that is, an ear of corn out of two dozen sheaves.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma 'request; I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, An 'never miss't.
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A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma 'request; I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, An 'never miss't.
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