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Ricker vs Rickey - What's the difference?

ricker | rickey |

As nouns the difference between ricker and rickey

is that ricker is a stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat while Rickey is a cocktail made with lime citrus fruit and carbonated water.

As a proper noun Rickey is

a variant of Ricky, diminutive of the male given name Richard.

ricker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
    • (Webster 1913)

    rickey

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A variant of Ricky, diminutive of the male given name Richard.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cocktail made with lime (citrus fruit) and carbonated water.
  • *1926 , , The Great Gatsby , Penguin 2000, p. 112:
  • *:Tom came back, preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice.

    • Anagrams

    * English diminutives of male given names