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pawks

pawks is the plural of pawk.

Meaning of pawk

Noun (1)

pawk (plural pawks)

  1. (Scotland) A wile
    • So blyth was he , and fou ' of pawks; -- But yet he's dead!1749, An Elegy on the Late Mass John T-, Minister of the Gospel at M--, page 16

Noun (2)

pawk (plural pawks)

  1. (obsolete) A small lobster

Questions about pawks

What is pawks the plural of?
Pawks is the plural of pawk.

Words near pawks in the dictionary

  1. pawkier
  2. pawkiest
  3. pawkily
  4. pawkiness
  5. pawkinesses
  6. pawks
  7. pawky
  8. pawl
  9. Pawlak
  10. Pawlaks
  11. Pawle

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