ekker University or School slang.
(ˈɛkə(r))
[See -er6.]
= exercise n. 7.
| 1891 S. J. Duncan Amer. Girl in London xxiii. 254 Walking for what in the vulgar tongue might be called exercise, but here [sc. in Oxford] was ‘ekker’. 1901 Winchester Coll. Notions 40 Most houses have Ekker Rolls, the amount of compulsory exercise varying from four to six hours a week. 1970 Wykehamist 21 Mar. 447/1 Whatever the supposed range of activities that qualify as ekker, the demands of the major games..usually over-ride all others. |