"wickie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wickies [plural]
Etymology: From wick + -ie, because some of the wickie's duties related to supervising and tending to the wicks. Etymology templates: {{af|en|wick|-ie}} wick + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} wickie (plural wickies)
  1. (dated) Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-wickie-en-noun-VGmZzz1Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: wickies [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of wicketkeeper + -ie. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|wicketkeeper}} Clipping of wicketkeeper, {{af|en|-ie}} -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} wickie (plural wickies)
  1. (sports, cricket, colloquial, British) A wicketkeeper. Tags: British, colloquial Categories (topical): Cricket, Sports
    Sense id: en-wickie-en-noun-gFqLh-H- Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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