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plisky, n. (a.) Sc. and north. dial.|ˈplɪskɪ|
[Origin unknown.]
A mischievous trick; a frolic.
1786Burns Earnest Cry & Prayer xvi, Deil na they never mair do guid, Play'd her that pliskie! 1816Scott Antiq. xli, I can hae nae reason to play an ill pliskie t'ye in the day o' your distress. 1887P. McNeill Blawearie 154 Get them fu', and we'll soon play them a plisky.
b. An awkward plight.
1829Hogg in R. Chambers Sc. Songs (1829) I. 136 Ye little ken what pains I prove, Or how severe my pliskie, O! 1847E. Brontë Wuthering Heights xiii, I nobbut wish he may catch ye i' that plisky.
B. adj. Tricky, mischievous. rare.
1887J. Service Dr. Duguid i. iv. (ed. 3) 27 Auld Habkin o' the Pethfit, who was a pliskie body. |