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nicky tam Sc.|ˈnɪkɪ tæm|
Also knicky tom, nickie tam, nickie tom, and with hyphen.
[f. knickers + -y6 + tam (see taum).]
(See quot. 1965.)
1911Aberdeen Jrnl. N. & Q. IV. 17/2 Knicky-toms, garters worn over trousers. 1917E. S. Rae Private John Macpherson 54 An' Geordie, ma foreman, a dacenter lad Ne'er wore nickietoms, nor plooed up a fleed. a1931in E. MacColl Scotland Sings (1953) 96, I..buskit roond my nappin' knees a pair o' Nicky Tams. 1965Sc. Nat. Dict. VI. 422/3 Nickie-tam... One of a pair of straps, or a piece of string in lieu, tied by farmworkers over the trousers-legs immediately below the knee to keep the legs clear of the soil and dust, etc. 1967Listener 12 Oct. 472/3 The Scots word for ‘a tying worn below the knee to keep the bottom of the trouser-leg lifted clear in dirty work or to exclude dust’. It is a nicky-tam. 1972Daily Mail 29 July 6/3 We are about to lose the English word ‘yorkers’ or what the Scots called ‘Nicky Tams’. |