joukery, jookery Sc. and north.
(ˈdʒukərɪ)
In 6 ioukrie, 7 jewkry, 8 jouckry, 9 jookery, joukry, -rey.
[f. jouk v.2: see -ery.]
Dodging; ‘underhand dealing, trickery’; ‘deceit’ (Jam.).
| 1563 Ressoning betuix Crosraguell & Knox B iij b (Jam.) Keip your promes, and pretex na ioukrie be my Lorde of Cassillis writing. 1822 Galt Provost v. 38, I was so displeased by the jookerie of the bailie..that we had no correspondence on public affairs, till long after. |
b. Comb. joukery-cookery [
cf. cook v.
1 3 c], ‘artful management’ (
Jam.);
joukery-pawkery [
pawky], clever trickery, jugglery, legerdemain.
| 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie I. xxi. 182 As ye're acquaint wi' a' the *jookery-cookery of newsmaking. ― Provost xiv. 112 Nothing could be more manifest than that there was some jookerie cookerie in this affair. |
| 1686 G. Stuart Jocoser. Disc. 59 Deil fetcht was it but *Jewkrypawkry. 1785 R. Forbes Poems Buchan Dial., Ajax's Speech 5 The sin o' Nauplius..His jouckry-pauckry finding out, To weir did him compell. 1816 Scott Bl. Dwarf x, That here has been some jookery-paukery of Satan's in a' this. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxvii, There's been mair joukry-pawkry wi' Dawvid nor ye're avaar o'. |