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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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TUCKIE, adj. Also tucky. Awkward at handling, lacking deftness or dexterity, clumsy (ne.Sc. 1973); of a limb, etc.: disabled, deformed, out of action from injury or the like; also of a dress, etc.: tight, constricted (Abd. 1973).Abd. 1913 W. R. Melvin Caller Herrin' 26:
Sweetie Lizzie makkin' for the mart as fast's her tuckie leg 'll lat her.ne.Sc. 1957 Mearns Leader (24 May):
The lowse eyn o' the rope wis flung ower a brinch (efter a kurn gey tucky attempts).Abd. 1972:
That's an awfu tuckie wey o tyin a knot. I see ye've a tuckie han the day.ne.Sc. 1996 Ronald W. McDonald in Sandy Stronach New Wirds: An Anthology of Winning Poems and Stories from the Doric Writing Competitions of 1994 and 1995 71:
" ... Thain ae day teen tint o es wee sharger o a craitur it wis limpin aroon wi a tucky laig."