loopie

English

Adjective

loopie (comparative more loopie, superlative most loopie)

1. (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 […]

Anagrams

• Poolie