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Necker vs Nicker - What's the difference?

necker | nicker |

As nouns the difference between necker and nicker

is that necker is neckerchief, especially from the scouts or necker can be someone who kisses; a kisser or necker can be someone or something with a certain type of neck while nicker is (british|slang) pound sterling or nicker can be a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse or nicker can be (obsolete|slang) one of the night brawlers of london formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.

As a verb nicker is

to make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

necker

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of neckerchief

Noun

(en noun)
  • neckerchief, especially from the Scouts

    • Etymology 2

    From the verb neck

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who kisses; a kisser
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  • *:We all ate at the Liberty Grill, and then Bernice and I drove her family's Pontiac upriver, to a hill overlooking Tongue Point, where plenty of neckers were fogging up the windows.

    • Etymology 3

    From the noun neck

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone or something with a certain type of neck.

    • nicker

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (nicker)
  • (British, slang) Pound sterling.
    • This coat cost me 50 nicker .
    Synonyms
    * (pound sterling) pound (standard), pound sterling (standard), quid (slang), sov (slang)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
    • Synonyms
    * neigh * whinny

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
    • (Arbuthnot)
  • The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.