Definition of Pliskie

1. a practical joke [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pliskie

pliocene
pliofilm
pliofilms
pliohippus
pliosaur
pliosaurs
pliosaurus
pliothermal
pliothermic
pliotron
pliotrons
plipped
plipper
plippers
plipping
pliskie (current term)
pliskies
plisky
plisse
plisses
ploat
ploated
ploating
ploats
ploce
plocytic astrocytoma
plod
plodded
plodder
plodders

Literary usage of Pliskie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... pliskie, s. Properly, a mischievous trick, S.] Add; " Certainly if I wad hae ... condition, SA " The men saw the pliskie that I was in, and there was a ..."

2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... pliskie, a trick, ... Her lost militia fired her blood, Deil na they never mac do guid, Played her that pliskie. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... pliskie, a trick, a prank. ... Her lost militia fired her blood, Deil na they never mae do guid, Played her that pliskie. ..."

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