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▪ I. leccy, n. Brit. colloq.
Brit. |ˈlɛki|, U.S. |ˈlɛki|
Forms: 19– leccie, 19– leccy, 19– lecki, 19– lecky
[‹ -lec- (in electricity n.) + -y suffix6. Compare earlier leccy adj.]
Electricity, esp as commercially supplied.
1987Guardian 22 Aug. 9/2 I'm getting {pstlg}51.50, right? That's {pstlg}27 dole, right, plus {pstlg}4 for gas and leccy, plus interest on the mortgage. 1989B. O'Connor Reader's Wife in Here Comes John (1993) 88 Pin money, Rolf called it—more like food money and leccy money and school dinner money. 1999Caravan Mag. June 110/1 Free leccie..? John Wickersham goes in search of sunshine and solar power. 2005FHM Jan. 171/3 The sun heats up the massive body of air underneath the station's skirts, which through the wonder of convection is forced up through the tower, sucking it past 32 turbines, which generate the leccy.
▪ II. leccy, a. Brit. colloq. (orig. Liverpool).
Brit. |ˈlɛki|, U.S. |ˈlɛki|
Forms: 19– leccy, 19– lecky
[‹ -lec- (in electric adj. or electrical adj.) + -y suffix6. Compare later leccy n.]
Esp. of an appliance or device: electric, electrical.
[1961E. Partridge Dict. Slang II. 1166/1 Leccy or lecky, an electric tram: Liverpool.] 1984P. Beale Partridge's Dict. Slang (ed. 8) 673/2 Lecky or leccy, as adj., electric, as in lecky blanket, kettle, etc. 1992Daily Mail (Nexis) 2 Dec. 14 It was like a 'leccy shock went through me. 2000Scootering 5 Mar. 71/4 This top of the range Ambra GLX has leather interior, leccy windows, remote central locking,..and a host of other stuff. |