1838. Selby, Dancing Master, sc. ii. It is the kicker, sure enough:
what am I to do? If I go out, I shall nap it.
Kickeraboo. See Kick the Bucket.
Kicking-in, subs. (Winchester College).—See quot.
1870. Mansfield, School-Life at Winchester College, p. 138. But
football wasn’t all beer and skittles to the Fags. There was an
institution called kicking in, which, while it lasted, was much
worse than ‘watching out’ at cricket, although it had the very
great merit of not continuing so long; for, even on a whole
holiday, we seldom had more than two hours of it.
Kicking-strap, subs. (tailors’).—An elastic strap inside a habit.
Kickseys, subs. (old).—1. See Kick, subs. sense 7.