2. Efficacy; force; value. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. Amount; quantity. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
He had a feck o' books wi' him. --R. L.
Stevenson.
{The most feck}, or {The feck}, the greater or larger part. ``The feck o' my life.'' --Burns. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Feck — Feck, n. [Abbrev. fr. effect.] 1. Effect. [Obs.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Efficacy; force; value. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. Amount; quantity. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] He had a feck o books wi him. R. L. Stevenson. {The most feck} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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feck (!) — Exclam. An exclamation of anger or frustration, and in the UK, occasionally used as a euphemism for fuck! . Accepted as a mild oath, equivalent to damn!. The term was popularized in the UK by the character Father Jack in the British TV sit… … English slang and colloquialisms
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