likker

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪk.ɚ/
  • Hyphenation: lik‧ker
  • Homophones: licker, liquor

Noun

likker (plural likkers)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of liquor.
    • 1921, Robert W. Service, “The Twa Jocks”, in Ballads of a Bohemian:
      We've got tae get back wi' her, Hecky. Whit mercy we didna get fou!
      We'll no touch a drap o' that likker
      that's hard, man, ye canna deny. . . .

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From likken + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪkər/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪkər

Noun

likker m (plural likkers, diminutive likkertje n)

  1. licker, one who licks

Derived terms

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