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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pawky/ˈpɔːki/

▶adjective (pawkier, pawkiest) chiefly Scottish & N. English drily humorous; sardonic.

– derivatives
pawkily adverb,
pawkiness noun.

– origin C17: from Scots and northern English pawk ‘trick’.

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