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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See pooka.

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Examples

  • A phooka was shying away from Mechain's sword, and a spell still sparkled on Elidir's fingertips.

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Fulbert and Lance had made him black from head to foot, all but the whites of his eyes and his teeth; Robina and Angela had peeped in, and emulated the terror of the Trojans, or the savages; and Sibby had fallen on the young gentleman for being 'so bold' as to draw a frightful phooka upon their walls just to frighten the darlints.

    The Pillars of the House, V1 Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

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