Lexicographical Neighbors of Poukit
Literary usage of Poukit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"... as gif they had been taking a pleasure walk for the benefit of their health ;
and the poukit hens, that dangled afore them, ornaments o* their bravery. ..."
2. The Life of Mansie Wauch: Tailor in Dalkeith by David Macbeth Moir (1868)
"But I said nothing, knowing the thing was just, and a wholesome example; holding
Benjie on my shoulder to see the poukit hens tied about their necks like ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"POCK, i. A little pit or hole containing water or mire. Moray. poukit ... 3.
Shabby in appearance, ibid. ^. Stingy, Upp. Clydes. Edin. poukit-LIKE ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"Lean and bony, Clydes. 3. Shabby or bare in appearance, ibid. 4. Stingy, mean, ibid.
5. Scrimp or short of measure or amount, ibid.] [poukit-LIKE ..."
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