pliskie
- a variation of plisky.
Example Sentences
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"Weel, sirs!" said Mrs. Lightbody, "wha wad hae thought o' Caleb Balderstone playing an auld acquaintance sic a pliskie!"
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir
Pottie Lawson, Bandy Wobster, an' Sandy have juist been thick an' three faud sin the Hielant games toornament, an' I kent fine there was some pliskie brooin' amon' them.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
It's a black, burnin' shame," says Sandy, as he gaithered me up; "an' I howp some o' thae Lichtin' Commitee chappies 'ill get a dook amon' the gutters the nicht for this pliskie o' theirs.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
"Eh, that was a pliskie," said Mistress Kenawee.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
