Ricker vs Nicker - What's the difference?
ricker | nicker |
(British, slang) Pound sterling.
(obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
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.
As nouns the difference between ricker and nicker
is that ricker is a stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat while nicker is pound sterling.As a verb nicker is
to make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.ricker
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nicker
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Etymology 1
Noun
(nicker)- This coat cost me 50 nicker .
Synonyms
* (pound sterling) pound (standard), pound sterling (standard), quid (slang), sov (slang)Etymology 2
Synonyms
* neigh * whinnyEtymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- (Arbuthnot)