Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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POOKY, n. Also puki.
1. A very young baby, an infant (Sh. 1878 E.D.D., ‡Sh. 1966); “an infant dying unbaptized; an unbaptized infant” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), puki).
2. A corpulent person, a tubby little man (Sh. 1878 E.D.D.).
[O. Norw. púki, an imp.]
