Loosie vs Loopie - What's the difference?
loosie | loopie |
* 2008 , Barry Paddock, Kristen Brown and Stephanie Gaskell,
(Scotland) deceitful; cunning; sly
* 1825 , Archibald Crawfurd, Tales of my grandmother
As a noun loosie
is .As an adjective loopie is
(scotland) deceitful; cunning; sly.loosie
English
Noun
(en noun)Loosies’ lousy tax price hike: Cig costs a drag, but may force smokers to quit, New York Daily News, June 15, 2008:
- Smokers aren’t surprised at the escalating price, reminiscing about recent months gone by when a loosie cost only 25 cents.
loopie
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The guidwife had repeatedly given Peter the hint to throw the shawl into the bed, as it would be there concealed till the husband was gone; but Peter, the loopie — for who ever saw a packman that was not loopie ? — began to think that he might manage to carry off both shawl and buckles