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Etymology
Compare the Devonshire "thicka".
Pronunciation
Determiner
dhicka
- that
- Coordinate term: dhicke
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Dhicka poake.- That pocket.
1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:Dhicka die fan ich want to a mile.- That day when I went to the mill.
1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:To hint dhicka cursed vox vrom Bloomere's lhoan.- To hunt that cursed fox from Bloomer's land.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 34