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John Dumbrell. Though courteously proffered, this is not a suggestion with which it would be wise to comply >>
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[nq:1] John Dumbrell. Though courteously proffered, this is not a suggestion with which it would be wise to comply >> ... or activities, as do punty, pape and nuggar.

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  • [nq:1] John Dumbrell.
  • Though courteously proffered, this is not a suggestion with which it would be wise to comply >> ...
  • or activities, as do punty, pape and nuggar.
  • Quop is another contender, along with strig, twal and suint ...
  • >>[/nq] I recently learned, courtesy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in one of the long Sherlock Holmes stories, possibly "The Valley of Fear", "pawky", which the Concise OED reveals as Scottish or Northern English, meaning drily humourous or droll.
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[nq:1] John Dumbrell. Though courteously proffered, this is not a suggestion with which it would be wise to comply >> ... or activities, as do punty, pape and nuggar. Quop is another contender, along with strig, twal and suint ... >>[/nq]
I recently learned, courtesy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in one of the long Sherlock Holmes stories, possibly "The Valley of Fear", "pawky", whic
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[nq:1]I recently learned, courtesy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in one of the long Sherlock Holmes stories, possibly "The Valley of Fear", "pawky", which the Concise OED reveals as Scottish or Northern English, meaning drily humourous or droll.[/nq]
I'm glad you mentioned that, as I'd always thought "pawky" meant merely sly or cunning, as listed in the RHUD. Is "pawky humour", the thing Holmes
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