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Definition of Puckery
1. a. Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste.
Definition of Puckery
1. Adjective. Very sour, so that the lips pucker. ¹
2. Adjective. Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puckery
1. having a tendency to pucker [adj -ERIER, -ERIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puckery
Literary usage of Puckery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travel and Talk, 1885-93-95: My Hundred Thousand Miles of Travel Through by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1897)
"A ship now arrived in want of provisions ; then Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Broomhall,
and Mr. puckery hastened on board, to implore the captain ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"puckery. Full of small tucks or puckers. 1830 I diddn't like the set of the
shoulders, they were so dreadful puckery ; but the man said it was alright. ..."
3. The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing [pseud.] of Downingville: Away by Seba] [Smith (1834)
"I did n't like the set of the shoulders, they were so dreadful puckery ; but the
man said that ... I guess he 'll find the applesauce full as puckery when ..."
4. The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing: Pseud. of Downingville, Away by Seba Smith (1834)
"Howsomever, uncle Joshua did well to carry his ' puckery apple-sauce ' to Boston.
He could 'nt get a cent for't here; for every body's puckery and sour ..."
5. The Shrubs of Northeastern America by Charles Stedman Newhall (1893)
"Fruit, dark red or purple, about the size of a small currant, rounded or pear-shaped,
with five cells and ten seeds, puckery. A berry-like pome. ..."
6. The Shrubs of Northeastern America by Charles Stedman Newhall (1893)
"Fruit, dark red or purple, about the size of a small currant, rounded or pear-shaped,
with five cells and ten seeds, puckery. A berry-like pome. ..."
7. The Shrubs of Northeastern America by Charles Stedman Newhall (1893)
"Fruit, larger, black, less puckery often mistaken by the children for large
huckleberries ; ripening earlier. Found, often in dry as well as wet ground. ..."
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