pliskies
- plural of plisky.
Example Sentences
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O, Maister Frank! a' your uncle's follies, and a' your cousin's pliskies, were naething to this!
From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
He now stood still, and said, "I'll hae you to understand, Dominie Tallisker, that I am laird o' Crawford and Traquare, and I'll hae nae such pliskies played in either o' my clachans."
From Scottish sketches by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Sandy had twa-three mair pliskies atween Dundee an' Edinboro, but I hinna time to tell you o' them.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
"What's this noo?" says I. "Nae mair o' yer fitba' pliskies, I howp."
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
For after years wi’ a pockmantie Frae Zanzibar to Alicante, In mony a fash and sair affliction I gie’t as my sincere conviction— Of a’ their foreign tricks an’ pliskies, I maist abominate their whiskies.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
