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Quotation dates: 1919
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EVIL-VICKID, adj. comb. Evilly or ill-disposed towards a person, malignant (Sh.10 1950). Cf. Ill-vikket, id.Sh. 1919 T. Manson Humours Peat Comm. II. 194:
Oh dat, dat; an day juist as evilvickid, yiss, as evil-vickid in her hert, an as m-a-d, yiss, ramin, ravin mad at Betty sood be abune her edder wan wye or da idder.
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