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wick
noun- the penis AUSTRALIA, 1960
- — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- an irritating or bad-tempered person UK: SCOTLAND
- Leave yer wee brither [brother] alan, ya wee wick, ye. — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, p. 80, 1988
- in bowls, a glancing blow which (generally more by luck than judgement) brings a bowl into contention UK
Not a very polite term. - — David Bryant, The Game of Bowls, 1990
▷ see:HAMPTONWICK
▶ get on your wick
to get on your nerves; to exasperate you UK, 1945
Based on rhyming slang for PRICK (the penis).- CORP: You want to watch that temper of yours, mate. TICH: Ah–they get on my wick. These old fools. — Clive Exton, No Fixed Abode [Six Granada Plays], p. 119, 1959
- It’s a bit too friggin... Scousey in here. Gets on me wick. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 79, 2002
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