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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nacket(t, Nak(k)at, n. Also: Knackat(t. [OF. naquet in sense a.] a. ‘The boy that serues, or stops the ball … at Tennis; a … Tennis Court-keeper's boy’ (Cotgrave). b. A lad, a youngster; also spec., a cook's, or a miller's, lad or boy assistant. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiv. 66 (B).
Sa mony rakkettis, sa mony ketchepillaris, Sic ballis, sic nackettis [Bann. Dr. knackattis, M. Sic balaris nakkattis] and sic tutivillaris;? 1618 Trial Isobel Inch 9.
The said bairne being brocht befoir the juglour, he utterit thir wordis, That saim litle nackett was thair c 1646 Old Ross-shire I. 274.
And that none uther servantis trubble the hous unless it be ane nakat to serve the cook 1654 Musselburgh 47.
[That] the nackets & miln boys' dues [should continue] to be as use and wont