pawkiness
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pawkiness (plural pawkinesses)
- The quality of being pawky.
- (Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) Something that is pawky; something arch or shrewd; a subtlety.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 12:
- But to wallow in your own phrases, to be rejoiced by the savour of your own shrewd pawkinesses, to feel your rhythm balanced and yet sober – that is a pleasure beyond most, and an inexpensive one at that.