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plouks

plouks is the plural of plouk.

Meaning of plouk

Noun

plouk (plural plouks)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A pimple or spot.
    • No liquor hath been tryed more excellent for itching, and heat of the face with plouks, & puſtuls then this water, it being both drunck and put thervpon.1618, Patri[c]k Anderson, The Colde Spring of Kinghorne Craig […], Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, unnumbered page

Questions about plouks

What is plouks the plural of?
Plouks is the plural of plouk.

Words near plouks in the dictionary

  1. ploughzone
  2. ploughzones
  3. Plouha
  4. Plouhinec
  5. plouk
  6. plouks
  7. plounce
  8. plounced
  9. plounces
  10. plouncing
  11. Plourde

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