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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡FYKERIE, n. Also fikery. Fuss, fussiness, fastidiousness over trifles (Ayr. 1825 Jam., Fif.¹⁰ 1942; Sh.¹², wm.Sc.¹ 1953). [Sc. ′fəikəri, Sh. ′fik-]Edb. 1823 Misses Corbett Petticoat Tales I. 330:
I dinna ken how ye do, Jeanie. . . . but I couldna be fashed wi' sic fikery.Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail xxxv.:
I canna understand . . . whar for a' this fykerie's about a lump o' yird?Dmf. 1850 Carlyle Life in London (ed. Froude) II. 51:
Several times his fussiness and fikery have brought angry growlings out of me.