plisky
Americannoun
adjective
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of plisky
First recorded in 1700–10; origin unknown
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I nobbut wish he may catch ye i' that plisky.
From The Three Brontës by Sinclair, May
Faith! yon was an ill plisky ye played me to brak into my chop an' steal the bonnie leddy.'
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
Jist playin' a plisky on ye, and he meant that Tom wad pit ye in the way o' becoming a player.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 19, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
Now, wad ye be but advised and leave him to me, I would play him sic a plisky as he shouldna forget till his dying day.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
Man, there a' oot to Scaurnose to see the plisky.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
"I howp noo, Sandy," I says, says I, "that you'll keep clear o' the eediotikal pliskies you played lest winter."
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
"What's this noo?" says I. "Nae mair o' yer fitba' pliskies, I howp."
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
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
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
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