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单词 vacky
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vackyn.

/ˈvaki/
Forms: Also vaccy, vakky.
Etymology: < evacuee n.: compare -y suffix6.
colloquial abbreviation.
An evacuee, esp. a child evacuated from the city to the country esp. at the beginning of the 1939–45 war.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house > lodger > person billeted > evacuee
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1940 John o' London's Weekly 3 May 147/1 These little vackies and their country friends.
1940 J. Cary Charley is my Darling ii. 16 There are only eight vackies in the place.
1949 E. Coxhead Wind in West iii. 66 I was a vakky. My home's in Clapham really, but our school was sent to Bedfordshire.
1962 M. Duffy That's how it Was viii. 71 The Wortbridgers distrusted the vaccies with their quick ways and sharp, pinched faces.
1979 Bookseller 25 Aug. 832/2 A ‘must’ book for all ex-'vaccies, and their parents, and their children.
1982 J. Aiken Whisper in Night 151 The Welsh landscape had changed..since he was a Vakky, sent here for safety from the Birmingham bombs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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