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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

PULATICK, n. A fierce blow, a heavy stroke, a “knock-out” punch.Ags. 1962 D. Phillips Lichty Nichts 7:
[We were] assailed with beejies, clouts, pulaticks and landers.

[Reduced and altered form of paralytic (stroke), sc., a blow which paralyses by its strength. Cf. Eng. dial. and slang palatic, paralytic.]

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