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单词 nickle
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nicklen.

Brit. /ˈnɪkl/, U.S. /ˈnɪk(ə)l/
Forms: 1800s– nickle, 1900s– nickill.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nick-hole n.
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of nick-hole n. Compare slightly later nicker n.7 Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. nickle records a form nickol from Denbighshire, applied to the goldfinch.
English regional (north midlands).
= nicker n.7
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1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 100 Green Woodpecker... Pick a tree (North). Nicker pecker; Nickle (Notts).
a1903 E. Peacock in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 266/1 [Lincolnshire] Nickill.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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