Lexicographical Neighbors of Dacker
Literary usage of Dacker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... THE GILLA dacker. (From " Old Celtic Romances," by PW Joyce.) ONE day in the
beginning of summer, Finn, ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"The Gilla dacker gave himself out to be a Fomor of Lochlann. ... Again, the Gilla
dacker is expressly identified with A var/ac/I, owner of a mansion in the ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Scott, Rob Roy, xxiii. 2. To labor after the regular hours. — 3. To traffic; truck.
— 4. To engage; grapple. I dacker'd wi' him by mysel'. ..."
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