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Puckle vs Huckle - What's the difference?

puckle | huckle |

As nouns the difference between puckle and huckle

is that puckle is (obsolete) the devil; satan while huckle is (label) the hip, the haunch.

puckle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The devil; Satan.
  • (dialectal) A fairy; elf; sprite.

    • Related terms

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    huckle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The hip, the haunch.
  • * 1676 , A Way to Get Wealth , Book I, page 5
  • * 1687 , The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha and His Trusty Squire (translated by JP), Book II, page 433:
  • * 1837 , John French Burke, British husbandry: exhibiting the farming practice , page 392:
  • A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
    • (Udall)
  • A homosexual man.
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  • *2002 , "Bridge Over Troubled Waters", Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
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