blickey

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noun

A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounblickey (plural blickeys)

plural blickeys · alternative blicky

  1. New JerseyNew YorkPennsylvaniadateddialectalA canister or dinner pail usually of tin.

Origin

  1. Dutchblikje
  2. Englishblickey

From Dutch blikje, diminutive of blik (“can; tinplate”).

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APA

blickey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blickey

MLA

“blickey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blickey. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blickey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blickey.

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