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scuddick slang and dial.|ˈskʌdɪk|
Also scuddock, scuttick, skiddi(c)k, skuddick; (see E.D.D. and skerrick).
An extremely small coin or amount. Also, something very small.
1823‘Jon Bee’ Dict. Turf, Scuddick is used negatively; ‘not a scuddick’—not any brads, not a whinn, empty clies. 1831Election Sp. Newport (I.W.) 20 Apr. (E.D.D.), I won't pay one scuttick towards the taxes. 1840E. Howard Jack Ashore xlvii, So I..offers the chaps their wages in advance—true-blue Jacks—wouldn't take a scuddick—so up anchor and off. 1863Robson Bards of Tyne 303 To hear fine Sinclair tune his pipes Is hardly worth a scuddock. 1901‘Zack’ Tales of Dunstable Weir 248 Poor little skiddick! Shall I go for the doctor? |