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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1782, 1923-1958
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JECK, v.1 Also jeg.
1. To neglect (work) (Rxb. 1825 Jam.; ‡Abd. 1959).Bnff. 1782 Caled. Mercury (14 Aug.):
He wad na slouch, neit jake, na scouk.
2. To throw up or over, e.g. one's job; to discard; to jilt (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., s.Sc. 1959); to break up or disband (a society, club, etc.) (Ib.) Also with up.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 183:
She jeckit 'im up again, the limmer!Gsw. 1958:
The gemm's jegged — the game's at an end, broken up, e.g. by an infringement of rules.Rxb. 1958 Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. 21:
When we got tired of some too well-hidden, the cry would go up, "Oot, oot, oot, the game's jeckeet up!"
3. To dislocate (the ankle, etc.) (Watson; Kcb., Rxb. 1959).Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 12:
A've jeckeet ma cuit.
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