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plunky

nounaction

mischievous practical joke or playful deception

A mischievous practical joke or playful deception carried out to tease someone.

Example in use

He set a plunky oan me the day

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/PLUN-kee/

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Origin & context

scotsolderhumorous

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