GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Pucker (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puckering.] [From Poke a pocket, small bag.] To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, “to pucker up the mouth”. “His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles.”  Spectator.
   
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   Pucker, n.
   1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
   
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   2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
   
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