noun
1 a few; an indefinite amount of people or things: I’ll get a puckle sticks for your fire. la16-.
2 many 20-.
adjective little 20-. etymology: Scots; Older Scots pickill ‘pickle, a grain of salt’; ultimate origin obscure; attested by SR, BS in TDITA, JS, SS, BW and DW note:
Form puckle attested by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) with the same meaning.