sooky
Adjective
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Adjective
sooky (comparative sookier, superlative sookiest)
- (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
- 2006, Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9P0COKdYFcMC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=%22more|most+sooky%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=q_gWtWtuee&sig=InDIhgkqASAXcfPZm6YbkbZ5P7Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6NFZUIasOYeUiAfuxoGoDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20sooky%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 189],
- Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.
- 2006, Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9P0COKdYFcMC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=%22more|most+sooky%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=q_gWtWtuee&sig=InDIhgkqASAXcfPZm6YbkbZ5P7Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6NFZUIasOYeUiAfuxoGoDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20sooky%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 189],
- (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Sentimental, sissy; timid.
- 1978, J. Ferguson, Seven Cities of Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iNfiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22sookier%22|%22sookiest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22sookier%22|%22sookiest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=Oz1q-_YqqI&sig=7ZSMilH6Ad2AxEQWslLQVkJ5g9c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JtNZUPXeM-eUiAf4ioCgAg&redir_esc=y page 48],
- Sentimentalists and political quacks have devoted much time to convincing the sookier twentieth century that nineteenth century New World penitentiaries were choked with near-blameless stealers of one teaspoon, one handkerchief, one loaf of bread.
- 1999, Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=X4_KPcRtTFkC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=%22sookier%22|%22sookiest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=-RqxCYttTa&sig=PcBdokHdja7hV6iiJQgY_OCNpvk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JtNZUPXeM-eUiAf4ioCgAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sookier%22|%22sookiest%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 138],
- Judging by the subject matter, Turkish soldiers are the sookiest, purse-carryingest, most sentimental nancy boys ever to put on military uniforms.
- 2009, Evan McHugh. Birdsville, 2011, ReadHowYouWant, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hR056E6SHlsC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=%22sookier%22|%22sookiest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=7m5YhP56_z&sig=YBD7ssxXNFBaSox9VJPMcXsKFOE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JtNZUPXeM-eUiAf4ioCgAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sookier%22|%22sookiest%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 139],
- Our trepidation at being savaged by a vicious pig dog was soon allayed, however. He turned out to be the sookiest dog on earth. All he wanted in life was a pet or a cuddle, preferably both.
- 1978, J. Ferguson, Seven Cities of Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iNfiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22sookier%22|%22sookiest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22sookier%22|%22sookiest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=Oz1q-_YqqI&sig=7ZSMilH6Ad2AxEQWslLQVkJ5g9c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JtNZUPXeM-eUiAf4ioCgAg&redir_esc=y page 48],
sooky (plural sookies)
- A sook, a crybaby.
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