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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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deeklie
noun
a candle; a light; a match
20-
.
etymology:
possibly a development from Romany
deek
‘to see’ ‘a look’; attested by
BS in TDITA
note:
Canadian Paul Pope (2013) also cites this with the same meaning.