nickable

English

Etymology

nick +‎ -able

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Adjective

nickable (comparative more nickable, superlative most nickable)

1. Capable of being nicked (given a small cut or clip).
   • 1951, John Wyndham, Pawley's Peepholes:

     He drove right at, and through, the platform. It began to move, but I'd have nicked it myself, had it been nickable.

   • 2004, Jason Boyett, A Guy's Guide to Life, page 121:

     Armpits are soft and tender and highly nickable. And sure, guys have a lot of face to shave, but that acreage doesn't compare to shaving two whole legs.

2. (UK, slang) Liable to be stolen.
   • 2007, Libby Purves, A Little Learning, page 65:

     Meanwhile, the trade will have to make them [laptops] much, much cheaper, without compromising the screen: even at £500 a time they would be too nickable to walk home from school with.

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