Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TRICKER, n.2 Sc. form of Eng. trigger, now dial., a spar of wood put through or under a cart(wheel) to brake it on a slope, a prop. In Sc. jocular usage: a wooden leg.Edb. 1844 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie viii.:
The sailor's tricker snap't in twa, The sodger's glass ee struck the wa'.
