Pawkery
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Trickery, cunning. Scotland
"In short, the inhabitants of Italy first subdued mankind by open force; and secondly, by imposition and pawkry."
Example
More examples"In short, the inhabitants of Italy first subdued mankind by open force; and secondly, by imposition and pawkry."
Etymology
From pawk + -ery.
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