NACKETNOUN
1. a tennis court-keeper's boy ...1500-20 obs. 2. a snack or lunch, a slight repast; a piece of bread eaten at noon ...1789 Sc. 3. a disappointment, rebuke, etc. ...1801 Sc. 4. a small, undergrown, neat person ...1808 Sc. 5. a piece of wood, stone, or bone used in the game of 'shinty' (a team game played with sticks and a ball) ...1818 Sc. 6. a quantity of snuff made up in a ball-shaped or cylindrical form; a small roll of tobacco ...1825 Sc. 7. a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child ...1833 Sc. 8. a sharp blow ...1865 Sc. 9. a knickknack, a small ornament ...1928 Sc. ETYMOLOGY for definition 1: apparently from French naquet 'the boy that serues, or stops the ball ...at tennis' for definition 2: variation of nocket, of obscure origin FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1500 - See Example below EXAMPLE "Sa mony rakkettis, sa mony ketche-pillaris, Sic ballis, sic nackettis, and sic tutivillaris." From: The Poems of William Dunbar William Dunbar, 1500-20
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