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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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†YACKER, v. Also yaker, yecker. To pull tightly together, to lace or bind closely so as to constrict. Also fig. Ppl.adj. yackert, tight-laced, tightly bound (Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. XIII. 43).Ayr. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 85:
Get up, my muse, ye lazy jaker, An' twa three lines together yaker.