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单词 nicker
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nicker in British English 1

(ˈnɪkə)
verb (intransitive)
1. 
(of a horse) to neigh softly
2. 
to laugh quietly; snigger
Word origin
C18: perhaps from neigh

nicker in British English 2

(ˈnɪkə)
nounWord forms: plural -er
British slang
a pound sterling
Word origin
C20: of unknown origin

nicker in American English 1

(ˈnɪkər)
verb intransitive
1. 
to utter a low whinnying sound
said of a horse
noun
2. 
this sound
Word origin
prob. var. of nicher, neigher, freq. of neigh

nicker in American English 2

(ˈnɪkər)
nounWord forms: plural ˈnicker
British, Slang
one pound sterling
Word origin
orig. underworld cant < ?

Examples of 'nicker' in a sentence
nicker

`A thousand -- or two or three -- nicker up your own shirt would be much better.
Leasor, James TANK OF SERPENTS (2001)
One does not commit the odd hundred thousand nicker, or even just the possibility of it, lightly.
Malcolm, John GOTHIC PURSUIT (2001)
Horses were poking their heads over their stall doors, and her favourite roan mare gave a welcoming nicker.
Penman, Sharon HERE BE DRAGONS (2001)
With a horseman's knowing, appreciative eye, he watched the stallion mince up to the fence and nicker a greeting.
Elizabeth Lowell BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (2001)
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