Meanings
nounplouk (plural plouks)
plural plouks · alternative plook · alternative pluke
- Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalA pimple or spot.
No liquor hath been tryed more excellent for itching, and heat of the face with plouks, & puſtuls then this water, it being both drunck and put thervpon.
1618, Patri[c]k Anderson, The Colde Spring of Kinghorne Craig […], Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, unnumbered page
Origin
Of uncertain origin, possibly related to plug. Compare Scots plook, plouk.
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