pickeerer Obs. or arch.
(pɪˈkɪərə(r))
[f. prec. vb. + -er1.]
A skirmisher; fig. one who provokes assault; a contentious or cavilling person.
| a 1658 Cleveland London Lady 20 The Club Pickeerer, the robust Church Warden Of Lincolne's Inn back-corner. 1673 Lady's Call. i. i. § 19 What the end will be of these piqueerers in impudence, who thus put their vertu on the forlorn hope. a 1734 North Exam. ii. v. §145 He is now a Picquerer, relates Nothing but by Way of Cavil. |