单词 | puckling |
释义 | † pucklingn. Obsolete. rare. A little puck (puck n.1). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin > as unique being Robin Goodfellow1528 puck1600 flibbertigibbet1603 Hobbididance1603 puckling1634 ponk1755 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches ii. i. sig. C4 Come my puckling take thy teat, Your travels have deserv'd your meat. 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches ii. i. sig. C4 v I and my puckling will a brace of Greyhounds be, fit for the race. 1890 N. P. To Sylvie in Life Lewis Carroll (1898) 289 Though I still shall hold Thee, and that puckling sprite, thy brother, Dear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1634 |
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