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puckeries

puckeries is the plural of puckery.

Meaning of puckery

Adjective

puckery (comparative more puckery, superlative most puckery)

  1. Very sour, so that the lips pucker.
    • Taste and add more honey if needed; sauce should be tart but not puckery.2008 January 16, “Recipe: Seared Pork Chops With Kimchi”, in New York Times
  2. Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.

Questions about puckeries

What is puckeries the plural of?
Puckeries is the plural of puckery.

Words near puckeries in the dictionary

  1. puckered up
  2. puckered-up
  3. puckeredness
  4. puckerer
  5. puckerers
  6. puckeries
  7. puckeriness
  8. puckering
  9. puckering up
  10. puckeringly
  11. puckerings

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