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Definition of Puckfist
1. n. A puffball.
Definition of Puckfist
1. Noun. A puffball, (''Lycoperdon giganteum'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puckfist
1. a puffball fungus [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puckfist
Literary usage of Puckfist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"Mr. HYJ Taylor says that, " cut into lateral slices and fried, it has been
pronounced by epicures to be a great delicacy." "These puckfist ..."
2. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"Mr. HYJ Taylor says that, " cut into lateral slices and fried, it has been
pronounced by epicures to be a great delicacy." "These puckfist ..."
3. The Works of John Webster by John Webster, Alexander Dyce (1830)
"Do you laugh, you unseasonable puckfist * ? do you grin ? CHART. ... puckfist.]
This word, used often by our old writers in the sense of an empty, ..."
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