eirackn.
/ˈɪərək/, /ˈɛːrək/, U.S. /ˈɪrək/, /ˈɛrək/, Scottish English /ˈirək/, /ˈerək/ Scottish.
A hen of the first year.
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1791 A. Wilson Laurel Disputed ii. 18 Three fat eerrocks fas'en'd by the legs.
1795 Statist. Acc. XX. 8 (Jam.) Eirack, a chicken.
1831 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 306 A simultaneous charge of cocks, hens, and earocks!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1791- to take a person as one finds him her
- to take a person at advantage
- to take a person at advantages
- to take a person at face value
- to take a person at her word
- to take a person at his etc offer
- to take a person at his etc proposal
- to take a person at his her offer
- to take a person at his her proposal
- to take a person at his offer
- to take a person at his proposal
- to take a person at his word
- to take a person by the button
- to take a person by the hand
- to take a person down a buttonhole
- to take a person down a buttonhole lower
- to take a person down a peg
- to take a person down a pin
- to take a person down a two
- to take a person hostage
- to take a person in the head
- to take a person into custody
- to take a person napping
- to take a person off his or her perch
- to take a person on one side