high-kickern.
/ˈhʌɪkɪkə/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌkɪkər/ A person who performs high kicks. Cf. high kick n.
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1830 J. B. Skillman N.Y. Police Reps. 99 O. P. is a kicker also, and a high kicker besides—he is an exalted kicker, and kicks highly; Mr. A. N. gave his opinion on the subject of the tariff. Mr. O. P. kicked his mouth as ‘close as a corked bottle!’
1875 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 5 Mar. 2/4 Of the performances of the ‘high-kickers’ the less said the better. They were simply disgusting.
1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 9 Jan. 38/2 Cancanist high-kickers.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 349 Skirtdancers and highkickers.
1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Mag.) 19/2 Go on-stage with the high-kickers in the Greenwich Village Follies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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