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单词 pookit
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pookitadj.

Brit. /ˈpuːkᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpukət/, Scottish English /ˈpukᵻt/, Irish English /ˈpuːkət/
Forms: 1800s pooked, 1800s pooket, 1800s poukit, 1800s powkit, 1800s– pookit.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pook v.2, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < pook v.2 + -ed suffix1.
Scottish and Irish English (northern).
Of a bird or animal: plucked, moulted. In extended use, of a person or thing: meagre, emaciated, shabby.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent
narroweOE
straitc1290
scarce1297
scanta1533
pinched?1567
strict1598
thrifty1601
straitened1602
scanty1701
scrimped?c1716
pookit1818
poky1828
postage-stamp-sized1852
poking1864
boxy1870
pocket handkerchief1910
postage stamp1937
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > stripped by plucking
pookit1818
1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. xi. 128 They hadnae thae pooket-like taps ye hae noo.
1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance III. xviii. 174 It [sc. the name] 's rather short and pookit.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags lv I had not the spirit of a pooked hen.
1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' Ling 69 By haudin up the keekin-gless To shame oor pookit skultieness.
1988 W. A. D. Riach Galloway Gloss. 33 A sheep is pookit or moulted when it has shed its wool.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 259/1 Pookit-luckin dishevelled, untidy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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