Meanings
nounnackan (plural nackans)
plural nackans · alternative nackin · alternative nacker
- CornwallrareregionalPocket handkerchief.
Don’t you be frightened even if you happen to see Old Nick. Perhaps it would be well to tie a nackan (handkerchief) over your eyes...
1870s, Bottrell, William, The Ghost of Stythians
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