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語源 1

See Puck

別の表記

• pauk

名詞

pawk (plural pawks)

1. (Scotland) A wile
   • 1749, An Elegy on the Late Mass John T-, Minister of the Gospel at M--, page 16:

     So blyth was he , and fou ' of pawks; -- But yet he's dead!

   • 1768, William Wilkie, Fables, page 118:

     and a laird May find a beggar sae prepar'd, Wi pawks and wiles, whar pith is wantin, As soon will mak him rue his tauntin.

   • 1811, Hector Macneill, Bygane Times, and Late Come Changes:

     I guess, that yours has no the art To win about a husband's heart, Nor kens the gate wi' saftening sound, And pawks, to bring ilk project round.

派生語

• pawkery
• pawky

語源 2

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名詞

pawk (plural pawks)

1. (obsolete) A small lobster

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