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单词 pisky
释义

Definition of pisky in English:

pisky

(also piskey)
nounPlural piskeys, Plural piskiesˈpɪski
British
  • (especially in Cornwall) a pixie.

    〈英〉(尤在康沃尔郡)小精灵,小仙子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On this occasion the man believed that the hilla was none other than ‘a cussed piskey, in another form; and older and wiser people say the same thing ’.
    • Spiky tyke Alistair Griffin may have been outshone by a certain Cornish pixie (or pisky, if you're local) with a mooey voice on Fame Academy, going by the name of Alex Parks.
    • Her grandmother is the local wise woman and midwife, and she and Nell have innocent dealings with fairies, while impudent piskies moon at passing inhabitants for fun.
    • Sal had brought back a pottery pisky from St Ives to thank me for cat sitting, but beyond opening it, saying thanks and briefly showing them my latest panorama there was little time for anything else.

Origin

Late 19th century: dialect variant of pixie.

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