Middle English

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Verb

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pluke

  1. Alternative form of plukken

Scots

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Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly from Gaelic ploc, genitive pluic, 'a lump or clod, a block of wood'.

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Noun

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pluke (plural plukes)

  1. Alternative form of plook (spot, pimple, pustule)