"in the nick" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1991, Knut Faldbakken, Insect Summer, Peter Owen Limited",
          "text": "And the two of you weren't swimming in the nick down at Mill Dam the other day, I suppose? 'No, we weren't exactly swimming...' You still got an eyeful of her in the altogether, though, didn't you?",
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          "text": "Belinda might be sensible but could any child resist such a tale – Mrs Sangster swimming in the nick? She put on the togs, wishing these little freedoms were not denied her. They made her buttocks feel as though set in cement.",
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          "text": "“Why don't you just swim in the nick?” Nick smiles at this play on his name. “There's no one to see you. Except me, of course.” He waggles his eyebrows suggestively. I laugh and hand Dom to him. “Okay. Just hold Dom while I get my kit off.”",
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