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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

DOLLICKER, Dol(l)iker, n. “A very large marble, about six to eight times the size of an ordinary marble” (Edb.2 1929, dolli(c)ker; Edb.5 1940).Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 126:
Ross being rather an adept with his “doliker,” he very nearly “rouxed” the lot.

[Doll, n.1, + -ick, dim. suff. + -er, used with intensive force. Cf. Doller.]

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