wickie
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From wick + -ie, because some of the wickie's duties related to supervising and tending to the wicks.
Noun[edit]
wickie (plural wickies)
- (job-specific jargon, dated) Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light.[1]
- 2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe):
- ... now I’m a wickie and a wickie I is. I’m damn-well wedded to this here light, and she’s been a finer, truer, quieter wife than any a liveblooded woman.
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of wicketkeeper + -ie.
Noun[edit]
wickie (plural wickies)
- (sports, cricket, colloquial, British) A wicketkeeper.