Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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BOCKETY
Construct:
Adjective
Definition:
Cooked, out of alignment.
Use:
One of the table legs is bockety.
One of the table legs is crooked - meaning short.
Derivation:
Probably from the Irish 'Bacac' - imperfect, defective.
(Dinnen)
Also note 'Bockady' - a lame person
(Joyce)
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