marlock

plural marlocks

1. dialectalobsoleteA prank; a practical joke.

   Jack, my cousin, used to play off all sorts of marlocks with Terpsy; but she were werry good-tempered.

   1872, The Nautical Magazine, volume 41, page 227

   1 more example

   He played moore nor one marlock o' th' same mak afore we'd getten through th' first day, who aw began thinkin he were carryin on to smother his feelins an' keep his full heart fro runnin o'er.

   1895, John Trafford Clegg, The Works of John Trafford Clegg

2. dialectalobsoleteA frolic.
3. dialectalobsoleteA playful gesture.
4. dialectalobsoleteA flirtatious glance.

plural marlocks

1. AustraliaAny of various small eucalypts of southwest Australia.