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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1681
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Puck Har(r)y. (e.m.E. Puck-hairy ? hairy Puck (Jonson), ? with the second element conformed to the personal name Harry (see Hary), e.m.E. Pucke (Shakesp.), pooke, ME and e.m.E. pouke (Piers Plowman), ME puke, the name of a mischievous demon, f. the 16th c. of a mischievous goblin, OE púca, ON púki, a mischievous demon.) — 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 64.
Some affirm he is Puck Harry, Some he hath walked with the fairy
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