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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PEELICK, n. Also -ik. A blow, buffet (Per. 1958).Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond B. Bowden (1922) xiii.:
[They] lookit a' roond aboot, like's they were feared their mither micht tak' them a peelik i' the side o' the heid.Ags. 1921 T.S.D.C. 16:
I took 'im a peelick on the nose.