marlock

Definitions

1. A prank; a practical joke.
   dialectal, obsolete
2. Any of various small eucalypts of southwest Australia.
   Australia
3. A frolic.
   dialectal, obsolete
4. A playful gesture.
   dialectal, obsolete
5. A flirtatious glance.
   dialectal, obsolete

Examples

“Jack, my cousin, used to play⟳ off all sorts of marlocks with Terpsy; but she were werry good-tempered.”

“He played moore nor one marlock o' th' same mak afore we'd getten through th' first day, who aw began thinkin he were carryin on to smother his feelins an' keep⟳ his full heart fro runnin o'er.”

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