Meaning of plooky | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Covered in blotches or pimples.
   Scotland
2. Like a youth; inchoate, inexperienced.

Examples

“He looked on the leper-man, Who lay⟳ on his queen's bed ; He lifted up the snaw-white sheets, And thus to him he said : — " Plooky, plooky, are your cheeks, And plooky is your chin, And plooky are your armis twa, My bonny queen's layne in.”

“For many a year, one Robin Boss had been town drummer ; — he was a relic of some American-war fencibles, and was, to say⟳ the God's truth of him, a divor bodie, with no manner of conduct, saving a very earnest endeavour to fill⟳ himself fou as often as he could get⟳ the means ; the consequence of which was, that his face⟳ was as plooky as a curran bun, and his nose as red as a partan's tae.”

“This is what it feels like⟳ to be so far down the pecking order⟳ that a plooky kid earning ninety quid a week to walk⟳ his dog along a derelict riverbank can assume⟳ she's his for the asking.”

“To shave my plooky face⟳ in hot water is bad enough.”

“I work⟳ as an IT assistant in a plooky wee company and theres always been problems with our Exchange⟳ 5.5 Server.”

“It was a better effort than some of the crud that's been slithering down the ulg gutter lately - at least he attempted a build⟳ up (even if it was too quick and had a Flamebait Rating of zilch). Well written, but a bit plooky and gimboid; not quite a breath of fresh air, but better than slithering crud.”

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