The pawky rich old lady who incessantly scores off her parasitical descendants. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Balfour, in whom the pawky Lowland lad, proud and precise, but. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Louis Stevenson] Reference
"But all that," said Sonachan, a pawky, sturdy little gentleman with. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
But these voices add a wonderful, pawky, startling texture to the account. From Wordnik.com. [Voices of change] Reference
The Highlander looked at me dryly with a pawky smile. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
It has a number of sweet Scottish verses, plaintive or pawky. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland]
One day we had a call from a "pawky auld carle" of a wandering. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
This was a fine, quiet, pawky pair I found at Gatehouse-of-Fleet. From Wordnik.com. [Between You and Me] Reference
Failed Bharati diplomacy beyond pawky malaise & strategic atrophy. From Wordnik.com. [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference
One day we had a call from a "pawky auld carle" (1) of a wandering. From Wordnik.com. [Yankee Gypsies] Reference
How would you judge the pawky humor of To the prettier Ellery Queen. From Wordnik.com. [In The Queens' Parlour]
The operatic villain shook his locks, his eyes full of pawky cunning. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Bow Mystery] Reference
The shadow of a pawky smile flitted across her face as she answered. From Wordnik.com. [Salted with Fire] Reference
The unprincipled McPhail, not without pawky humour, immediately gave him. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
/Old Scotch rhyme, reckoned 'pawky,' clever and symbolical, in this house. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
In his private capacity, Sir James is genial, accessible, and full of dry, pawky humour. From Wordnik.com. [Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities] Reference
With them was a collie, much collie-er than English collies, with a pawky Scottish smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Heather-Moon] Reference
After nearly an hour's pawky, uninteresting play, the Eton captain suddenly changed his tactics. From Wordnik.com. [The Hill A Romance of Friendship] Reference
Putting on a quiet but pawky look, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
"Yon pawky chiel, the auld Vicar's nevey -- Maister. From Wordnik.com. [Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow] Reference
"They were," she said, "pawky auld carles, that kend whilk side their bread was buttered upon. From Wordnik.com. [St. Ronan's Well] Reference
'They were,' said she, 'pawky auld carles, that kend whilk side their bread was buttered upon.'". From Wordnik.com. [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference
‘Not a pawky one?’. From Wordnik.com. [My Bones Will Keep]
Swuft the pawky booties came. From Wordnik.com. [Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses] Reference
But Mary Gray's twa pawky een. From Wordnik.com. [Bessy Bell and Mary Gray (3)] Reference
He had a pawky sense of humor. From Wordnik.com. [There Will Be Time]
"Oh, aye," replied the pawky one. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
Her witching smile, her pawky een. From Wordnik.com. [Epistle to Mrs. Scott of Wauchope House] Reference
Is gone where glint the pawky een. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
O 'questions baith pawky and keen. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3] Reference
O 'questions, baith pawky and keen. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
The pawky things I lo'e them still. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
Quoth he, Ilk cream-faced, pawky chiel '. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
"The pawky auld carle came o'er the lee.". From Wordnik.com. [Yankee Gypsies] Reference
And spoil'd a 'the charm o' her twa pawky e'en. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
An 'sly winnin' tales, tauld sae pawky an 'slee. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
She wrought sic mischief wi 'her twa pawky e'en. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
See yonder pawky shepherd. From Wordnik.com. [English Songs and Ballads] Reference
"Quo 'he, Ilk cream-fac'd pawky chiel. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
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