flisky
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2ADJ.
pranky
VERB + FLISKY
rain
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adj
Frisky; inclined to flisk (frisk) or caper.
You're like ADAM BLACK's poney, Flisky, and pranky, and no very canny;[…]
Sprinkly; flisking.
First came fitful scuds of rain, "flisky" rain they call it, loose outriders of the storm, spurning the soft ice, as they dashed by, and lashing the woodman's windows.
'Flisky rain,' Tom announced with dismal satisfaction. 'Be like this all day, I reckons. Drops so tiny you'd think they'd not do more'n wet your hair. But it'll drench you top to end, y'know?'
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3You're like ADAM BLACK's poney, Flisky, and pranky, and no very canny;[…]
WiktionaryFirst came fitful scuds of rain, "flisky" rain they call it, loose outriders of the storm, spurning the soft ice, as they dashed by, and lashing the woodman's windows.
Wiktionary'Flisky rain,' Tom announced with dismal satisfaction. 'Be like this all day, I reckons. Drops so tiny you'd think they'd not do more'n wet your hair. But it'll drench you top to end, y'know?'
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