dacker

dacker

(ˈdækə) or

daiker

vb (intr)
obsolete Northeast English and Scot to walk slowly; to saunter
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The DC said that at the early stage a double dacker bus
The DC said that at the early stage a double dacker bus would run between 14 historical and tourist points in the city, including historical Iqbal Manzil.
(62) Bill Dacker, 'He Raraka A Ka Awa, updated, annotated and sourced manuscript for the book, 'Te Mamae Me Te Aroha", originally published in 1994, (HL, Misc-MS-1716), p.
Together with Erlang Solutions board member Bjarne Dacker, he taught a course I attended at the University.
OED classifies dacker as Scots and northern dialect, with the second meaning being perhaps the closest, 'to go about slowly, idly or carelessly'.
Unfazed, the guard got on to his boss, saying - within earshot of a disgruntled Dacre - "I've got a Paul 'Dacker' here, says he's the editor of the Mail." He got in in the end.
The usual market and 10p mall stalls selling everything from baubles, mobile phone covers, slurpy drinks and Thai food to hoodies and "trackie dackers".
Another gang member already jailed, Derek Dackers, was caught with pounds 430,000 of cocaine and pounds 40,000 of amphetamine, the High Court in Glasgow heard.