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pawkery

pawkery noun: trickery, cunning.

Noun

pawkery

  1. (Scotland) Trickery, cunning.
    • In short, the inhabitants of Italy first subdued mankind by open force; and secondly, by imposition and pawkry.1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 271
    • Pawkrie is no' an ill nest-egg to begin with!1830, John Galt, Lawrie Todd

Origin of pawkery

From pawk + -ery.

Questions about pawkery

What does pawkery mean?
Pawkery means trickery, cunning.
What part of speech is pawkery?
Pawkery is a noun.

Words near pawkery in the dictionary

  1. pawing up
  2. pawings
  3. pawjob
  4. pawjobs
  5. pawk
  6. pawkery
  7. pawkier
  8. pawkiest
  9. pawkily
  10. pawkiness
  11. pawkinesses

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