Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pawky \Paw"ky\, a. [Cf. AS. p[ae]cean to deceive.]
   Arch; cunning; sly. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

Source : WordNet®

pawky
     adj : cunning and sly; "the pawky rich old lady who incessantly
           scores off her parasitical descendants"- Punch
     [also: {pawkiest}, {pawkier}]