begunkn.
Scottish.
A befooling or deluding trick, a piece of deception.
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1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. i. 30 Ane ca'd Monk Has play'd the Rumple a right slee begunk.
1790 D. Morison Poems 137 Our sex are shy..they think, Wha yeilds o'er soon fu' aft gets the begink.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxiii. 354 If I have na gien Inch-Grabbit and Jamie Howie a bonnie begunk, they ken themselves. View more context for this quotation
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begunkv.
/bᵻˈɡʌŋk/, U.S. /bəˈɡəŋk/, /biˈɡəŋk/, Scottish English /bᵻˈɡʌŋk/ Scottish.
transitive. To delude, play a deceiving trick on, ‘take in’.
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1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 426 (Jam.) Is there a lad, whose father is unkind..Whose sweetheart has begunked him?
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