If we listen we may hear puckish laughter always near, And the elf's apostrophe, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
"The So-called Human Race"
Bert Leston Taylor
The shining lips and eyes of his florid face now proclaimed speech, with his puckish fancy jack-o'-lanterning over it.
"One of Our Conquerors, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
A little, puckish old man stood in the room, danced lightly on his feet, skipped in the air, twirled before Captain Rames's astonished eyes and finally struck an inviting attitude, both arms extended and one foot advanced, like the pictures of the quack doctors in the newspaper advertisements.
"The Turnstile"
A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason