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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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feekie
noun
a policeman
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theeki
etymology:
origin obscure; perhaps a derivative from
feek
‘find, obtain, search out’; attested by
BS in TDITA
and
SS
; collected by
EMcC/PS
note:
Canadian Paul Pope (2013) attests this form with the same meaning.