"likker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪk.ɚ/ Forms: likkers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} likker (plural likkers)
  1. Eye dialect spelling of liquor. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: liquor Derived forms: pot likker, potlikker
    Sense id: en-likker-en-noun-u-NbQZ6I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English eye dialect

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "that's hard, man, ye canna deny. . . .",
          "text": "We've got tae get back wi' her, Hecky. Whit mercy we didna get fou!\nWe'll no touch a drap o' that likker—",
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