lecky n.
1. electricity, esp. as a utility; thus fiddle the lecky, to cheat on one’s electricity bill.
Public School Word Book 124: Lecker, subs. [...] 2. (Harrow).—The electric light. | ||
Public School Slang 69: lecker: electric light. | ||
Grits 69: Fire’s ee only light, no fuckin leccy yer, fuck no. | ||
Hooky Gear 43: I reckoned he would sort me, being just another ex-con, / With a bed, with brekkie, / A bit of en suite and free lekkie. | ||
Black Swan Green 371: Checking windows, one last time, checking the lecky. |
2. an electrician.
On Coast 96: Lekky: Ship’s electrical engineer. | ||
Hooky Gear 57: All them geezers, builders, penny-a-dozen subcontractors, plumbers, roofers, Situsec crews, chippies, lekkies, humpers, glaziers, cowboys, bodgers an odd-jobbers buildin an repairin whole towns. |