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pooka, phouka, púca [Ir. púca; ON pukki]. Irish fairy presented variously in a large body of lore collected in the 19th century. In the works of T. Crofton Croker (1825–7) the pooka is malevolent and demonic, spoiling blackberries, and taking the form of a horse and offering unsuspecting mortals a dangerous ride. In Lady Wilde's Ancient Legends (1887) the pooka is benevolent and helpful, like the Scottish brownie. A common speculation links the pooka to the English folk figure Puck, although the Welsh pwca is a more likely Celtic cognate. Cf. Corn. BUCCA, Manx BUGGANE. The 6′ 3¢ invisible rabbit in Mary Chase's Broadway comedy Harvey (1944) is identified in the text as a pooka.

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pooka

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

pooka •bazooka, euchre, farruca, lucre, palooka, pooka, rebuker, snooker, Stuka, verruca •babushka •booker, cooker, hookah, hooker, looker, Sukkur •Junker • onlooker • yarmulke •Hanukkah • manuka •chukka (US chukker), ducker, felucca, fucker, mucker, plucker, pucker, pukka, shucker, succour (US succor), sucker, trucker, tucker, yucca •skulker, sulker •bunker, hunker, lunker, punkah, spelunker •busker, tusker •latke • motherfucker • bloodsucker •seersucker • abaca • stomacher •Linacre, spinnaker •massacre •Jataka, Karnataka •Tripitaka • Ithaca •burka, circa, Gurkha, jerker, lurker, mazurka, shirker, smirker, worker •tearjerker • craftworker •metalworker • networker •caseworker • fieldworker •teleworker • shopworker • outworker •homeworker • stoneworker •woodworker

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	Pooka, come home.(short story) Magazine article from: Hopscotch; 10/1/1996
	Pooka pick-up Lottery grant. Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 2/22/1998
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