adjective
General Slang
ill-tricket
· adjective · scottish
Mischievous. Up to no good.
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Definitions
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Mischievous, naughty, up to no good. Almost always said about weans with a glint in their eye — not properly bad, just trouble. The Doric way of saying 'wee scamp'.
“That loon o yours is affa ill-tricket — fit's he been up tae the day?”
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ill-tricket In A Sentence
That loon o yours is affa ill-tricket — fit's he been up tae the day?
Origin & Usage
Scots 'ill' (bad) + 'trick' + past-participle '-it'. Literally 'badly-tricked', i.e. given to bad tricks.
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