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Definition of Pawky
1. Adjective. Cunning and sly. "The pawky rich old lady who incessantly scores off her parasitical descendants"
Similar to: Artful
Definition of Pawky
1. a. Arch; cunning; sly.
Definition of Pawky
1. Adjective. (Scotland northern British) Shrewd, sly; often also as characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pawky
1. sly [adj PAWKIER, PAWKIEST] : PAWKILY [adv] - See also: sly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pawky
Literary usage of Pawky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song by Robert Hartley Cromek, Allan Cunningham, William Gillespie (1880)
"An' she coost aff her high heel'd shoon, Laced down wi' thread o' siller; O
maiden, kilt your kirtle high, Quo' the young pawky miller. ..."
2. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"Under different conditions Cowper's humor would have been of that same "pawky,"
suddenly-original kind. Witness " John Gilpin " and these words (in " Elia's ..."
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