nicky-tam
nicky-tam · nicky-tams
A pair of straps or pieces of string tied around the leg below the knee to raise…A pair of straps or pieces of string tied around the leg below the knee to raise trousers above the level of farmyard dirt.
Meaning
3 sensesA pair of straps or pieces of string tied around the leg below the knee to raise trousers above the level of farmyard dirt.
Use for ditching.
A Pair of Nicky-Tams Folk song.
The same to prevent the ingress of dust and vermin up the trouser leg.
Keeping rats out.
(broadly)A simpleton or country yokel.
Interview with Sir Nicky Tam in the Aberdeen Voice.
See also "A Pair of Nicky-Tams".
Origin
From knickerbockers (due to the shape that the trouser legs adopt) + taum (a cord).From knickerbockers (due to the shape that the trouser legs adopt) + taum (a cord).
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Forms
plural: nicky-tams| Singular | nicky-tam |
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