feck
1 Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of feck
C15 (Scottish dialect) fek , short for effect
Example Sentences
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Italy had a big influx of quickie "flying tours," with most visitors asking American Express the directions to the fountain into which Gregory feck and Audrey Hepburn threw coins.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I never heard the just influence of the landed proprietor disputed before," said Kenny feck, who felt outraged at the doctor's hardihood.
From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
Stevison maun hae sent ye the feck o' twenty sangs - fifteen I'se warrant.
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
His coat is the hue Of his bonnet sae blue; His feck it is white as the new-driven snaw; His hose they are blae, And his shoon like the slae.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Simmer and Winter, Yule an’ Spring, The damned, dour-heartit seasons bring A feck o’ trouble.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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