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- noun Plural form of
plisky .
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Examples
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Sandy had twa-three mair pliskies atween Dundee an 'Edinboro, but I hinna time to tell you o' them.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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"What's this noo?" says I. "Nae mair o 'yer fitba' pliskies, I howp."
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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` ` Nae man in a civilised country ever played the pliskies ye hae done --- but e'en pickle in your ain pock-neuk --- I hae gi'en ye wanting. ''
Rob Roy 1887
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Jupiter, and the Swan, and Danae, and other heathen pliskies.
A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878
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Just and right has been my walk before you, but -- still -- "Then, with a sudden passion, and rising to his feet, he cried out," Frien's, I'm a poor sinfu 'man, but I'll play no mair pliskies wi' my conscience.
Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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Crawford and Traquare, and I'll hae nae such pliskies played in either
Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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'Pretty pliskies ye've been at this day!' cried the old lady, with humorous alacrity; and then, 'Take care -- don't break my crystal!' she cried, as the lawyer came within an ace of knocking the glasses off the table.
The Wrong Box Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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I think black-burning shame of myself to make mention of such ploys and pliskies; but, after all, it is better to make a clean breast.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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I think black-burning shame of myself to make mention of such ploys and pliskies; but, after all, it is better to make a clean breast.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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"Nae man in a civilised country ever played the pliskies ye hae done -- but e'en pickle in your ain pock-neuk -- I hae gi'en ye wanting."
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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