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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1827

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FLYKER, v. To flutter, to pass rapidly to and fro.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 23:
Stoups and jinglin' glasses thrang . . . Gaed flykerin' and flittin.

[A variant of Eng. flicker, to flutter.]

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