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Definition of Puckfists
1. puckfist [n] - See also: puckfist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puckfists
Literary usage of Puckfists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics: Embracing the Myths, Traditions by Richard Folkard (1884)
"In Sussex, the Puff-ball (Lycoperdon) is called Puck's-stool; and in other places
these fungi are known among country folks as puckfists. ..."
2. The Old Book Collector's Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Readable Reprints by Charles Hindley (1872)
"... or mushroom painted puckfists ; yet the estate of this kingdom knows, that
many of the meanest scullers that rows ..."
3. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"Fu.sse-ball.s or puckfists. Fusse-bulls are no way eaten : the pouder of them
doth dry without biting : it is fitly applied to ..."
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