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Old 04-05-2011, 22:05   #3
Royboy39
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Re: Lancashire word or not

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
I've got no idea about the spelling of this ... Caukken ......... I remember when I was a youngster and you saw something bad or had a nasty job to do (cleaning up dog muck etc) and it gave you the 'dry heaves' like you were going to throw up but nothing came up they used to say "it made me caukken" is it a proper word and did anyone else ever use it and if it is a proper word how do you spell it ?

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I understood it to be cautning......I think the modern word is retching.
More used in the context of a child being sick.
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