Etymology

bockety

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Today it means: unsteady, wobbly, tottering, rickety (likely to fall over) Full definition →

Irish bacaidí
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  1. Irish · derived frombacaidí
  2. English todaybockety

From Irish bacaidí, from bacach (“lame”).

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