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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

KICKER, n.2 In phr. to sit the kicker, now more gen. to stand the kickers (o'), to resist, to refuse to budge (for) or be disturbed (by) (ne.Sc. 1960).Bnff. 1844 T. Anderson Poems 32:
Fouk said that Nell wad sit the kicker, She was sae eildrich, stour, and sicker.Abd.7 1925:
He steed the kickers o' them.

[Phs. orig. a fig. expression from kicker, a kicking horse.]

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