leccy

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A form of lecky — Electricity.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounleccy (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of lecky.

    "Who do you think I should call, Nigel? The leccy company to come and mend the fuses?"

    2006, Ramsey Campbell, The Overnight
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    If you left an old envelope lying about, the leccy bill or a magazine, you'd find it again with a little doodle on. He always had a pen in his hand.

    1998, Paul Magrs, Could It Be Magic?

    I lived in an^([sic]) house similar to the one you describe on the Isle of Lewis in the 'seventies. No leccy, water from a shallow well, peat-burning stove, fuel from peat bank, paraffin lamps, wabbits for the taking, winkles, whelks, limpets, mussels, crabs etc for the taking but five minutes' walk away.

    2003 April 9, R. McGeddon, “psychological shock”, in alt.buttered.scones (Usenet)

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APA

leccy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leccy

MLA

“leccy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leccy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leccy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leccy.

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