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From Irish bacaidí, from bacach (“lame”). Cognate with English bockety.
bockedy
- lame, unsteady
- A NORTH-COUNTY DUBLIN CLOSSARY:
- A bockedy leg. That chair is very bockedy.
- J. J. Hogan and Patrick C. O'Neill (1947) Béaloideas Iml. 17, Uimh 1/2, An Cumann Le Béaloideas Eireann/Folklore of lreland Society, page 264
