wickie

noun2

1. •
   (UK, informal) A wicketkeeper.
2. •
   (old-fashioned) Lighthouse-keeper's assistant, whose responsibilities typically included the tending and trimming of wicks for the light.

   • ... 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. — 2019