nickum

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noun

A mischievous person; a scallywag.

OriginScots nickum →
First used 19th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounnickum (plural nickums)

plural nickums

  1. ScotlandA mischievous person; a scallywag.First known use 19th c.

    Folk said he fair was a nickum, that loon, young Ewan Tavendale that came form the Manse […]

    1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 451

Origin

  1. Scotsnickum
  2. Englishnickum

From Scots nickum, a suffixed form of Nick.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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