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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1935
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SUCKY, adj. Of a wound or a blow: painful, stinging (Fif. 1930, of the tawse, Fif., Edb. 1971).Sc. 1935 B. Marshall Uncertain Glory 49:
"Does it hurt very much?" "It was a bit sucky at the time."
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"Sucky adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 18 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/sucky>
