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(obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.

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nicker

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nicker

IPA(Pronunciation)

obsolete slang informal

(obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.

Japanese Meaning

（時代遅れの俗語）かつてロンドンで活動した、半ペンスを賭けて窓を割ることで知られた夜の喧嘩屋の一員

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The old ballad told of a nicker who prowled London's streets at night, breaking windows with halfpence for sport.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古いバラードは、ロンドンの通りを夜うろつき、半ペンスで窓を割って遊んだことで知られた夜の暴徒の一人について語っていた。

Sense（1）

(obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.

your modern musicians want art to defend their windows from common nickers

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

Sense（3）

(informal) Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.

He […] was far more interested in the fact that I was a car thief and an expert driver than that I was a bandit. […] Car nicker, are you?

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

nickers

（ plural ）

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