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Definition of 'loopie'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (Scotland) deceitful; cunning; sly
  • * 1825 , Archibald Crawfurd, Tales of my grandmother
  • 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