prettikin

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse prettr (“a trick”), from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful speech; trickery, deceit”). More at prat.

Noun

prettikin (plural prettikins)

  1. (dialectal, Shetland) a feat; a trick
  • prattick
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