I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Clegg, Nick
Old Nick
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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The county's elder statesmen were collectively in good nick , both off the court and when hitting it on it.
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He was in good nick , in good shape.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyone still in Lewisham nick would have been carrying.
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But better in the nick of time than not at all.
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Even the smallest nick can cause streaking.
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I could smell their tobacco and see the nicks left by their razors.
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In the nick of time: according to one recent report 80 out of 92 league clubs are technically insolvent.
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They're all in the nick . charged with possession.
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With repairs completed in the nick of time she sailed for the operation with a depleted crew.
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You could see the nicks on them, places where you stuck some one.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I must have nicked myself when I was shaving this morning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He'd scatter some of the grain he'd nicked, and fetch down the wire and cutters, and his books.
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He was not sure how he cut his hand, but suggested that he nicked himself while wrestling with his son.
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Roy Winters nicked a line-out ball, and the forwards worked their way closer.
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She looked, appropriately, nicked by the sarcasm of his tone.
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The bullet spun around his body, nicking a rib and burning across his back.
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There isn't a finite amount of love to go round so there's a danger some one else might nick your share.
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They'd nick you for lifting the wallet, and me as well probably, for helping you.