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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1828

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†KECKLE-PIN, n.comb. Also keckling-(Jam.). One of a set of pins for knitting stockings (Abd. 1808 Jam.).Abd. 1828 P. Buchan Ballads I. 124:
She burnt like keckle-pin.

[Orig. uncertain. Phs. jocularly from Keckle, n., cackle, chatter, from the clicking sound of the pins, but there may be some confusion with heckle-pin s.v. Heckle, n.1, III. 4.]

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