Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An icicle.
- noun Same as
hickwall .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. An icicle.
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- noun dialectal An
icicle . - adjective childish
little
Etymologies
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Examples
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By the way, I've spent a lot of time living in the UK, and until Brian's email, I'd never heard of the word "ickle".
New England Patriots 45 Denver Broncos 10 - as it happened! 2012
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"Why you dear good strange 'ickle' thing, you haven't been here for ages, but it IS a joy to see you and I do hope you've brought your doll!"
The Awkward Age Henry James 1879
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Why not just go all the way and call her "ickle," dude?
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Patriots 42 Broncos 7, 06:15 3rd Quarter: Brian Fleming emails: "If only ickle Timmy had done this in the regular season we'd have better draft picks."
New England Patriots 45 Denver Broncos 10 - as it happened! 2012
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"45 MAGNIFICENT HORSES!" boast the organisers and, in fairness, the Shire horses, Arabians, Berbers and ickle wickle Shetland ponies on show are really quite something.
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Does the ickle little angsty troll feel better now that someone paid it attention?
Twilight Lexicon » New Novella By Stephenie Meyer: Bree’s Story 2010
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The national park is, of course, gorgeous, home to bats, cute ickle ponies and the odd nightjar.
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The hysteria of the local second homers everytime someone shoots the poor ickle birdies for the pot beggars belief.
Simple Minds « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Ernest Norton, 67, who was pelted to death with stones and rocks at a south-east London leisure centre in February 2006 as he played with his son, does not enjoy the same protection as poor ickle Mr Fox.
Weak Brain, Narrow Mind. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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However, that episode, in which Caprica Six and the other Cylons on-board Galactica were locked in the brig Helo is presumably still comatose, roughed up, and threatened to be raped, was followed up with an episode that included a tender moment between Caprica and "Daddy", cuddling at "home" in bed like little snugglemuffins, cooing over her ickle tummy wummy bump.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
laurahenry commented on the word ickle
English slang. baby talk for "little". Possibly derogatory. Used to describe something small, cute and twee.
June 8, 2009