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▪ I. puckery, a.|ˈpʌkərɪ|
[f. pucker n.1 + -y.]
1. Given to puckering; marked with puckers.
1830Massachusetts Spy 10 Feb. 2/1, I didn't like the set of the shoulders, they were so dreadful puckery. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. v. vi. (1872) II. 110 A..close⁓fisted old gentleman..with puckery much-inquiring eyes. c1860Faraday Forces Nat. i. 42 The gold-leaf is puckery. 1888F. M. Crawford With Immortals I. iv. 81 A milliard of puckery, peppery, self-satisfied scientists.
2. That draws the mouth together; astringent.
1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-Bks. (1881) II. 180 These grapes are better than puckery cider apples. 1887H. P. Wells in Harper's Mag. Feb. 451 To the human palate it is dry, insipid, and puckery.
▪ II. puckery, n. rare.|ˈpʌkərɪ|
[puck n.1 + -ery.]
= puckishness.
1877G. Meredith Let. 24 June (1970) I. 545, I foresee the grin up to the ear tips of exulting Puckery.
▪ III. puckery
obs. form of puggree. |