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▪ I. pickthank, n. and a. arch. and dial. (ˈpɪkθæŋk) [f. the phrase to pick a thank or thanks: see pick v.1 8 b, and pick-.] A. n. One who ‘picks a thank’, i.e. curries favour with another, esp. by informing against some one else; a flatterer, sycophant; a tale-bearer, tell-tale.1500–20 Dunbar Poems...
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broaching
▪ I. broaching, vbl. n. (ˈbrəʊtʃɪŋ) Also 6 broching(e. [f. broach v.1 + -ing1.] 1. Piercing, spitting; tapping (a cask), etc.1611 Cotgr., Afforage..wine..paied upon the broaching of euery vessell retailed. 1615 Markham Eng. Housew. ii. ii. (1668) 69 The spitting and broaching of meat. 2. Introductio...
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The Pilgrim's Progress (opera)
Witnesses, including Superstition, Envy, Pickthank and Malice, as well as Madam Bubble and Madam Wanton denounce Pilgrim.
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pick-
pick- in Comb. Mostly the stem or imperative of pick v.1 with an object, forming ns. pick-a-bud dial., the bullfinch; pick-and-gad a. (see quot.); pick-and-shovel a., that uses a pick and shovel; also fig.; pickbrain a. poet., that picks one's brains; pick-cheese dial., the great and blue tits; the ...
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picke
▪ I. pick, n.1 (pɪk) Forms: 4 pikk, 4–6 pyk(k, 4–8 pic, 5 pikke, pykke, 6 pict, pycke, 6–7 picke, 7 pik, 6– pick. [app. a collateral form, with short vowel, of pike n.1 (Cf. the collateral forms pick and pike in pick v.1) Pick is the form in general English use in sense 1; in other senses it is eith...
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