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Lecky vs Licky - What's the difference?

lecky | licky |

As a noun lecky

is (british|slang) electricity.

As an adjective licky is

prone to licking.

lecky

English

Alternative forms

* leccy

Noun

(-)
  • (British, slang) Electricity.
    • the lecky ’s off

    licky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Prone to licking.
  • * 1981 , Don Bannister, Long day at Shiloh
    • ...but she gives you the feeling all the time that she's bony that's it bony and if she does fancy it she sure as hell don't show it get a lickier kiss from Granny Coombs than I do offen her all that Methodis' stuff I guess
  • * 2003 , Michael Wordsmiff, James Baggit and the Storyteller's Ring - Page 13
  • *:He was a proper dog; a great, woolly, lolloping beast with huge paddy paws, a waggy tail and a very licky tongue.
  • * 2007 , Augusten Burroughs, Possible Side Effects : True Stories - Page 25
  • *:As soon as the dog was safely enclosed within the area of our legs, it became happy and licky . He ran to one then the other. Then he sat on the floor and watched us watching him.

    • See also

    * licky-licky