wickie

English

Spout of a five-wick 19th-century lighthouse lamp

Etymology 1

From wick +‎ -ie, because some of the wickie's duties related to supervising and tending to the wicks.

Noun

wickie (plural wickies)

1. (dated) Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light.
   • 2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe):

     ... now I’m a wickie and a wickie I is. I’m damn-well wedded to this here light, and she’s been a finer, truer, quieter wife than any a liveblooded woman.

Etymology 2

Clipping of wicketkeeper + -ie.

Noun

wickie (plural wickies)

1. (sports, cricket, colloquial, British) A wicketkeeper.