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▪ I. ˈricket, n.1
Var. of rickets, used attributively or in combs., and as the basis of derivative forms.
1653A. Wilson Jas. I, Author's Picture, The rest of the poor Members pine away, Like Ricket-Bodies, upwards over-grown. 1794Burns Ep. fr. Esopus 46 What scandal called Maria's jaunty stagger The ricket reeling of a crooked swagger? 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 616 Most of the foods..are ricket-producing foods also.
▪ II. ˈricket, n.2 Criminals' slang.
[Origin unknown.]
A blunder, mistake.
1958F. Norman Bang to Rights i. 36 If you are chopping all day..you must at some time make a ricket and chop your hand. 1963Oxford Mail 23 Aug. 1/6 You obviously know a lot. I have made a ricket (mistake) somewhere.
▪ III. ˈricket, v. rare.
[Back-formation from rickety a.]
intr. To move in a rickety manner; to lurch.
1897T. De Leon Bachelor's Box v. 44 Van muttered to himself, as the cab rocked and ricketed down the street. 1955L. A. G. Strong Deliverance ii. 65 One of the back legs of his chair was short, so that..it ricketed to and fro. |