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Home / Pidgin Dictionary / Lickens

Lickens

/LICK-ins/

A spanking. A beating.

If you're a kid in Hawaii and you act up, you going get lickens. Can be a real spanking from parents or, jokingly, just a threat among friends.

Examples

  • You going get lickens.
  • Gonna give you lickens.

Origin

Pidgin English

Alternate spellings

Lickings, Gonna give u lickins

family

Related phrases

Aunty / Uncle

Any older local person. Not actually your aunt or uncle.

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