10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POCKMANKY»
Discover the use of
pockmanky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pockmanky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Progressive Dictionary of the English Language: A ...
POCKMANKY. be carried in the pocket.— To have in one's pocket^ lo have
complete control of. Trollope.—To be in pocket, to have gain or profit.— To be out
of pocket, to expend or lose money ; ae, to be out of pocket by a transaction.
2
Guy Mannering: Or, the Astrologer
... and that it's been the gipsies that took your pockmanky when they fand the
chaise stickin' in the snaw —- they wadna pass the like o' that — it wad just come
to their hand like the bowl o' a pint stoup.» * - “But if this woman is a sovereign ...
3
The Antiquary: In Four Volumes
“Brawly, Mr Dusterdivel -- hrawly do I ~ken ye, and has done mony a day; but
there's nae jesting in the case, for I am wearying to see 3' our treasures; we
should hae had baith ends 0' the pockmanky filled by this time — [hope it's bowk
aneugh ...
4
Scott's Works: Waverley novels. 1865-1868
"Brawly, Mr. Dusterdeevil — brawly do I ken ye, and has done mony a day ; but
there's nae jesting in the case, for I am wearying to see a' our treasures ; we
should hae had baith ends o' the pockmanky filled by this time — I hope it's bowk
...
Sir Walter Scott, John Gibson Lockhart,
1865
Brawly, Mr. Dusterdecvil—brawly do I ken ye, and has done mony a day ; but
there's nae jesting in the case, for I am wearying to see a' our treasures ; we
should hae had baith ends o' the pockmanky filled by this time—I hope it's bowk
eneugh ...
6
The Works of Walter Scott, Esq
Put us to a non-plus. Plainstanes. Pavement. Plislcie. A mischievous trick. Pock.
Bag. Pockmanky. Portmanteau. Pqlpling. Purling. rippling, dropping. Pose. A
secret hoard of money. Pouthered. Powdered. Punting. Shooting at young moor-
fowl.
7
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer: In Three Volumes
... it on trust, that that's been ane o' the men 'killed there, and that it's been the
gypseys that took your pockmanky when they fand the chaise -sticking in the
snaw'—they wadna pass the like o' that—it wad just co_me to their hand like the
boul o' ...
the Author of "Waverley" (is Walter Scott.),
1821
8
Tales Of My Landlord. The Monastery
Pockmanky, portmanteau. Poinding, distraining. Polonie, Polonian, a greatcoat ;
a Polish surtout. Pop pling, bubbling; parting; rippling. Pose, a deposit,- hoard of
money. Potato-bogle, a scare-crow, placed in a potato-field, to frighten rocks.
9
Guy Mannering, Or The Astrologer
And, as I said, ye may take it on trust, that that's been ane o' the men killed there,
and that it's been the gipsies that took your pockmanky when they fand the chaise
stickin' in the snaw — they wadna pass the like o' that — it wad just come to ...
10
The Novels, Tales and Romances of the Author of Waverley
Brawly, Mr. Dusterdeevil — brawly do I ken ye, and has done mony a day ; but
there's nae jesting in the case, for, I am wearying to see a' our treasures ; we
should hae had baith ends o' the pockmanky filled by this time — I hope it's bowk
...