lauckeen

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Etymology

From Middle English lakkynge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔˈkiːn/, /laˈkiːn/

Noun

lauckeen

  1. lacking

Verb

lauckeen

  1. wanting, missing
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:
      An aar was a hundereth lauckeen vowre score.
      And there was a hundred, lacking four score;

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 52
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