Meaning of niddick | Babel Free

Definitions

The nape of the neck.

West-Country, dialectal

Examples

“Chad a Crick in ma Back and in ma Niddick.”

“an way that a geed en sich a wap in the niddick that strambang a het es head agin the clovel, an made a bump in es brow.”

“[…]an' Tim just took un by the niddick, same as you might a kitten, an' hove the blasphemous twoad into the mud along wi' the ducks an' watercress.”

“"Take my tarpaulin coat for the journey. A thought small, but it will keep your niddick dry."”

“Historically, other words have been used to refer to this place on the body: hattrel, niddick, noddle, noll, nuke, and poll; all have passed out of use.”

CEFR level