An obsolete Scottish term for a practical joke or prank — a mischievous trick played on someone.
An obsolete Scottish term for a practical joke or prank — a mischievous trick played on someone. Used in older Scots literature and dialect writing. Related to the broader Scots tradition of playful mischief captured in words like 'daffin' and 'horseplay.'
The lads had played many a plisky on the new schoolmaster before he wised up.
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(Scotland, northern, _, British) Shrewd, sly; often also characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour.
A Scottish word for cunning trickery or crafty behavior, derived from the adjective 'pawky' (shrewd, dryly humorous, slyly cunning). Pawkery describes the kind of clever manipulation that is more roguish than malicious -- getting one's way through wit and indirection rather than direct confrontation. The word has a distinctly old-fashioned Scottish flavor that suits lovably sly characters perfectly. Think of it as cunning with a wink.
(Scotland) Trickery, cunning.
(obsolete, UK, _, dialectal) A plaything; a toy.
(obsolete, Scotland) A practical joke.
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