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ˈniddick dial.
Also 6 nuddock, 7 niddock, 9 neddick, etc.
[Of obscure origin.]
The nape of the neck.
Current in south-western dialects; see Eng. Dial. Dict.
1558T. Phaer æneid vii. X j, Their nuddocks bolstred ben, and skulles of heads with barkes of corks. 1667Phil. Trans. II. 480 It [a lamb] had two Eyes and as many Ears, in the usual places, and one extraordinary Eye in the Niddock. 1746Exmoor Courtship (E.D.S.) 555 A Crick in ma Back and in ma Niddick. 1894Blackmore Perlycross 376 The wick of a lamp that had dropped..on this man's collar, and burned a little hole in his niddick. |