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shick·er

   [shik-er]
noun Slang.
1.
alcoholic liquor.
2.
a drunkard.
Origin:
1890–95; < Yiddish shiker (see shickered) by back formation from shickered
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shicker (ˈʃɪkə)
 
—n
archaic, slang (Austral) alcoholic drink; liquor
 
[via Yiddish from Hebrew]

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shicker definition

[ˈʃɪkɚ]
  1. mod.
    and schicker; schickered. [ˈʃɪkɚd]alcohol intoxicated. (From Hebrew shiqor via Yiddish.) : It took her about ten minutes to get schicker and three days to get sober.
  2. n.
    liquor; beer. : Fill it up with shicker again.
  3. in.
    to tipple; to become alcohol intoxicated. : I'm gonna go out and shicker till I'm silly.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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