marlocks

But ther wor one, a reglar blade, he used to be allus playin some sooarts o 'marlocks, but iverybody liked him except owd Stooansnatch.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

"Yos, but aw had -- tha sees aw live at th 'Ee'Gurnard, an' aw'd just been into th 'mistal wi' young maister William, an 'he'd been holding th' canel for me whol aw siled th 'milk, an' he wor full ov his marlocks an 'bluzzed th' canel up mi nooas an 'put it aght, -- he's a shocker."

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

'Ay, courtin'! what other mak 'o' thing is't when thou's gazin 'after yon meddlesome chap, as if thou'd send thy eyes after him, and he making marlocks back at thee?

Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 2 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

'Ay, courtin'! what other mak 'o' thing is't when thou's gazin 'after yon meddlesome chap, as if thou'd send thy eyes after him, and he making marlocks back at thee?

Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837