pilkins, n. pl. local.
(ˈpɪlkɪnz)
[Perh. f. pilch v.: see N. & Q. Aug. 1979, p. 305.]
= tailing vbl. n.1 2 a.
| 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal R. Feverel I. vi. 101 He swears soam o' our chaps steals pilkins. Ibid. xii. 177 The Bantam said he had seen Tom secreting pilkins in a sack. |