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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RICKIBEEKIS, n. A racket, a noisy uproar, an explosion (Ags. 1968).Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden (1922) 9:
There was an afa rickibeekis at oor back door this week.

[A deformation of Rackabimus.]

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