10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KECKSY»
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kecksy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
kecksy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
(Nervously to Tammy, who has been helped, and puts down his knyfe and fork to
Mb. P.'s consternation.) Well, Tammy, what do you say ? Mr. Tammy. Well, I don't
know, but I can't help thinking — perhaps it 's fancy. Eh, Kecksy ? Mr. Kecksy.
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1854
(Nervously to TAMMY, who has been helped, and puts down his knife and fork to
MB. P.'s consternation.) Well, TAMMY, what do you say ? Mr. Tammy. Well, I don't
know, but I can't help thinking — perhaps it 's fancy. Eh, KECKSY P Mr. Kecksy ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1854
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The Plays of David Garrick: Garrick's own plays, 1767-1775
Let 'em call me imprudent and mad, if they please. I live in good times and among
people of fashion, so none of my neighbors, thank heaven, can have the
assurance to laugh at me. Enter Old Kecksy. kecksy. What, my friend Whittle. Joy,
joy to ...
David Garrick, Harry William Pedicord, Fredrick Louis Bergmann, 1980
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Mornings at Bow street. A selection of the most humourous ...
time of the unaccountable absence of " Mr. Kecksy." At length they became what
is classically called " Bac- cM plenus," and the landlord thought it was then time
to send up the bill. He sent it up accordingly ; but they tossed it in the waiter's face
, ...
John Wight (reporter.), 1838
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Mornings at Bow Street: A Selection of the Most Humourous ...
On Sunday night these gallants went into the Imperial Hotel, Piazza, Covent-
garden, and asked if Mr. Kecksy were there. They were told that he was not, at
which they expressed much surprise. They then ordered a " rite jollie supper; "
and ...
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Walker Remodelled: A New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of ...
KECKSY, keck'-skj, *. Hemlock. Kt-j. (kecks, 154) *. The same as kecksy. Keck'-y,
a. Resembling a kex. To KEDGE=kedgt, v. n. To drive down or up a river with the
tide, and set the sails so as merely to avoid the shore when the wind is contrary.
John Walker, Benjamin Humphrey Smart, 1836
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A New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English ...
KECKSY, ké'ck'-Sétg, 8. Hemlock. Kex, (kécks, 154) 8. The same as kecksy. Keck'
-y, a. Resembling a kex. avoid the shore when the wind is contrary. anchor used
in kedging, also called a kedger. KEDLACK=k§d'-lack, 8. The weed charlock.
Benjamin Humphrey Smart, John Walker, 1836
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Stockholm Studies in English
In my opinion, Shakespeare's kecksy is derived from the adjective kexy (kecksy),
attested from 1608 (OED).4 The nounal use is elliptical (kecksy< kecksy plant).
Like docks, thistles and burs, kecksies has a collective sense here.5 9 Docks in ...
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Shakespearean plant names: identifications and interpretations
In my opinion, Shakespeare's kecksy is derived from the adjective kexy (kecksy),
attested from 1608 (OED).4 The nounal use is elliptical (kecksy < kecksy plant).
Like docks, thistles and burs, kecksies has a collective sense here.5 9 Docks in ...
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The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. with a Copious Index: To ...
I'll say, like Kecksy, ' Who's afraid i'— ' Thank God, I've talk'd to greater folks than
thee : In that I will not yield to any he;. No, not to any he that wears a headlAgain I
-'ll say, like Kecksy, ' Who's afraid i'-Thank God, whene'er I wish like kings to ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KECKSY»
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kecksy is used in the context of the following news items.
Sawbridgeworth Scouts celebrate opening of new HQ
Guests then got the chance to explore the building, which has been built on Green Belt land at Kecksy's to replace the Scouts' dilapidated hut in ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jan 13»
Sawbo Scouts dig in as community digs deep
... was held at the weekend to mark the start of the building work to provide a purpose-built hut on Green Belt land at the rear of Kecksy's. «Herts and Essex Observer, Oct 12»
