nickyn.1
/ˈnɪki/, U.S. /ˈnɪki/ English regional (south-western).
A small bundle of wood used for kindling.
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1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Nicky, a faggot of wood.
1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 ii. 414 The inferior [wood] going in sale faggots, bush faggots, and nickees, or small faggots used in lighting fires.
1882 W. Barnes in Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 418 When he wanted to chop up some small wood for nickies, as we call them in the West—some little bundles of wood for lighting fires.
1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. ii. 543 Q[uestion]. What do you light your fire with in the morning?.. [Hampshire] Nickies.
1998 Recorded Interview 30 Oct. (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Millennium Memory Bank C900/15513) (MS transcript) Twenty five nickies in a ring, then they were loaded onto a horse trolley, and taken to Ventnor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Nickyn.2
/ˈnɪki/, U.S. /ˈnɪki/ British colloquial. Now historical.
The National Incomes Commission.
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1962 Daily Tel. 27 July 1/1 The Commission, likely to be known as ‘Nicky’, will consider pay questions in both private and public sectors.
1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 iii. 30 Nicky was expected to run the rule over wages claims.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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