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pliskies

pliskies is the plural of plisky.

Meaning of plisky

Noun

plisky (plural pliskies)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A practical joke.
    • "What!" said BULGER. "Jist playin' a plisky on ye, and he meant that TOM wad pit ye in the way o' becoming a player.1892, Various, Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, November 19, 1892

Questions about pliskies

What is pliskies the plural of?
Pliskies is the plural of plisky.

Words near pliskies in the dictionary

  1. plique-à-jour
  2. plish
  3. plishes
  4. Pliska
  5. Pliskas
  6. pliskies
  7. plisky
  8. pliss
  9. plisse
  10. plisses
  11. plissé

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