wickie

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light. dated
    — ... now I’m a wickie and a wickie I is. I’m damn-well wedded to this here light, and she’s been a finer, truer, quieter wife than any a liveblooded woman.
  2. A wicketkeeper. UK,colloquial

词形变化

wickies plural wickies plural

词源

词源 1
From wick + -ie, because some of the wickie's duties related to supervising and tending to the wicks.
词源 2
Clipping of wicketkeeper + -ie.
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