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pawky, a. orig. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈpɔːkɪ|
Also 8 paukie, 9 pauky.
[f. pawk1 + -y.]
a. Tricky, artful, sly, cunning, crafty, shrewd; esp. humorously tricky or sly, ‘arch’.
1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xii. (1848) 407 [Leighton] carrying like a pawky prelate, refused the title of Lord. 1711Ramsay Maggy Johnstoun viii, The pawky knack Of brewing ale amaist like wine. 1785Burns To James Smith, Dear Smith, the sleeest, paukie thief That e'er attempted stealth or rief. 1867F. Francis Angling ix. (1880) 310 A story told of a pawky old Scot. 1870Ramsay Remin. (ed. 18) p. xvii, This quiet pawky style. 1884Athenæum 28 June 819 A new school,..marked..by the same pawky humour. 1935K. A. Porter Flowering Judas 112 He went on in his pawky way trying to make clear to her his mystical faith in these men who went ragged and hungry. 1966Listener 3 Feb. 171/2 With these advantages, and his convivial, pawky wit, which was enjoyed as much over the port wine as it was over tea in the withdrawing room, Radcliffe's progress was remarkable. 1970Daily Tel. 10 Nov. 12/3 Beethoven's Trio in B flat, Opus 11, on the other hand, was given a rather pawky performance, and the first movement, especially, was robbed of weight by the over detached articulation. 1973Daily Record (Glasgow) 6 Aug. 6/3 Her other pawky comments include: T is for Training: This is entered into with particular vigour by the Reserve Team, so that they may escape relegation to the First Eleven. 1976W. Gérin E. Gaskell xiv. 146 Mr. Brontë could..be witty and pawky as his later letters to Mrs. Gaskell show.
b. In north. Eng. dial.: see quots.
1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Pauky, saucy, squeamish, scrupulously nice—also proud, insolent, artful. 1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Pauky, proud: it does not signify here, arch or cunning, as asserted by Grose, or, sly and artful, as Dr. Jamieson explains it.
Hence ˈpawkily adv., cunningly, artfully, slyly; ˈpawkiness, artful character, slyness.
1714Ramsay Elegy on J. Cowper vii, He pawkily on them could steal, And spoil their sport. 1823Galt Entail III. xxxii. 299 ‘Indeed!’ said Walkinshaw pawkily; ‘that's a very important circumstance’. 1883A. Forbes in 19th Cent. Oct. 724 For the pawkiness of this proposal, the man should have been a Scotsman. 1886Athenæum 6 Feb. 193 Pawkiness and poetry seem to meet and mingle in most of these Highland stories. 1963Times 21 May 4/5 The Essex batsmen, only partially inhibited by the cold, pushed the score pawkily along, sending up the 50 in just over the hour. 1971Guardian 8 Sept. 8/3 His pawkily British sense of humour. |