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nick
noun- a prison; a police station UK
In either case it is where one is taken after getting “nicked” (arrested); the former dates from 1882, the latter 1957. - The most commonly used slang word for any prison — Paul Tempest, Lag’s Lexicon, 1950
- This is the same in the nick as anywhere else. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 30, 1958
- The boys down at Chelsea nick every time they clock my boat — Derek Raymond Robin Cook, The Crust on its Uppers, 1962
- The Office, Barlow called it. Home, John Watt called it. The Stir, Clink, Bog, Nick, depending on what your are, and where you come from. — Troy Kennedy Martin, Z Cars, p. 21, 1962
- A police station or, less commonly, prison — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- [W]hen I was sat in that cell nearly every copper in that nick came down to have another look at me through the little cell door window. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 255, 2000
- “I need a nick,” she mumbled to him. Without hesitation, he sold her a nickel bag–$5 worth of crack. — Philadelphia Daily News, p. Local 3, 27 December 2006
- condition or quality, especially in phrases “in good nick”, “in poor nick”, etc. UK, 1905
Originally dialect. - It was heart-breaking for them trying to keep their uniforms up to scratch and all that bullshit without the added effort of keeping them in good nick for pleasure as well. — Johnny Speight, It Stands to Reason, p. 67, 1973
- in horse racing, a mating that results in the sought-after qualities AUSTRALIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 55, 1989
- five dollars’ worth of marijuana US
A shortened form of “nickel” as in NICKEL BAG. - — Gary K. Farlow, Prison-ese, p. 45, 2002
- in craps, a winning roll of seven on the first toss US
- — Frank Garcia, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice, p. 263, 1962
- a nickname US
- — Christian Crumlish, The Internet Dictionary, p. 137, 1995
▶ in the nick
naked NEW ZEALAND- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 88, 1998
▶ on the nick
engaged in thieving UK- In my little yellow jersey, I went out on the nick / South Street Romford, shopping arcade — Ian Dury, Razzle in My Pocket, 1977
- I wouldn’t say I was always on the nick... — Shaun Ryder, Shaun Ryder... in His Own Words, 1989
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