blicky

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɪki]
• Rhymes: -ɪki

Etymology 1

Noun

blicky (plural blickies)

1. Alternative spelling of blickey (“A small tin canister or cylindrical pail.”)
   • 1901, American Rifleman, volume 30, page 346:

     By 3 o'clock A. M., Mrs. Chadwick had an excellent breakfast ready of stewed sheldrake, clam fritters, excellent buckwheat cakes, and good coffee, and shortly after, with lighted lanterns and a good lunch packed in a tin blicky, we were off to our various points, when only a faint gray streak showed the approach of daylight in the east.

   • 1947, Magazine Antiques, volume 52, page 263:

     Canister and second blicky are in red, a color hard to find and, unfortunately, one lacking in durability, since the paint has a tendency to flake off.

Etymology 2

Probably dissimilated from click, a common sound imitation in reference to the utilization of a pistol, +‎ -y.

Alternative forms

• blick (clipping)

Noun

blicky (plural blickies)

1. (slang, New York, Maryland, MLE) A pistol.
   • 2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, Lanham, Maryland: La' Femme Fatale' Productions, →ISBN, page 54:

     Let’s just say all of those weekends at the gun range paid off. I only have three blickies, so two of you are assed out.

   • 2017 January 30, “Bullshit”, Sean Mackk (lyrics)‎^[1], 1:07:

     Turn my blick around and make it right cuz it's my turn – out

   • 2018 August 31, YBS Skola (lyrics and music), “All of That”, YBS Skola (lyrics) ft. Young Moose and Bandhunta Izzy:

     Still rockin diamonds and all of that
     Folks ain’t stoppin nothin, you hear me
     They totin blickies and all of that.
     […]
     I might fuck your bitch and don't call her back
     I probably ate that pussy and all of that
     We still totin blickies and all of that

   • 2019 December 5, Geeyou (lyrics and music), “Push Weight”, GeeYou (lyrics) ft. Young Adz, the refrain:

     When shit gets gritty we pull up with blickies
     I cash out the bank, cash out with fifties
     First class flight, up out the city
     The baddest the finest the flyest she with me
     Date night trip, still roll with the blicky
     Date night trip, still roll with the blicky

   • 2020 February 1, (M20) C4 X (N9) St Savage (lyrics and music), “B*TCH”, 1:17:

     Pull up with blickies, pull up with Smithons
     I tell them don’t miss

   • 2023 March 10, “Anywhere I Go”, Stayhustling (lyrics), Pressplay, 1:10:

     Never had gloves one when I touched that brick
     Had gloves on when I touched that blick
     My light skin wanna have suck that dick
     Never had gloves on when I fuck that bitch

   • 2023 September 28, “Block Boy”, #Sinsquad Stewie (lyrics)‎^[2], 2:11:

     I was on the wing callin' off, with blick tucked in