scuddickn.
/ˈskʌdɪk/ slang and dialect.
An extremely small coin or amount. Also, something very small.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > small coins collectively > a small coin
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > extremely small thing
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1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Scuddick is used negatively; ‘not a scuddick’—not any brads, not a whinn, empty clies.
1831 Election Speech Newport (I.W.) 20 Apr. (E.D.D.) I won't pay one scuttick towards the taxes.
1840 E. 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.
1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 303 To hear fine Sinclair tune his pipes Is hardly worth a scuddock.
1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 248 Poor little skiddick! Shall I go for the doctor?
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