shickery

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adjective

Shabby; bad.

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Meanings

adjectiveshickery (comparative more shickery, superlative most shickery)

comparative more shickery · superlative most shickery

  1. colloquialobsoleteShabby; bad.

    The platform itself was a shickery arrangement of trestles and shutters, and was kept by a publican for the use of travelling companies.

    1876, The Australian Journal, page 243

Origin

Unknown. A connection with later shicker is unlikely, because the Yiddish and Hebrew terms only have senses relating to alcohol.

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APA

shickery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shickery

MLA

“shickery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shickery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shickery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shickery.

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