sook

sook
/sook/, n.
1. Australia and New Zealand. a timid, cowardly person, esp. a young person; crybaby.
2. Midland U.S. (used to summon cows from the pasture).
[1890-95; prob. from earlier sense "calf reared by hand," perh. suck(-calf), with sp. repr. N England, Scots pron. of SUCK (but earliest cited pron. of sook is /soohk/)]

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