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PICKTHANK Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Archaic. a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip ; sycophant. www.dictionary.com
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PICKTHANK Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun pick· thank ˈpik-ˌthaŋk archaic : sycophant Word History Etymology from pick a thank to seek someone's favor. www.merriam-webster.com
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Glossary - ShakespearesWords.com
pickthank (n.) Old form(s): Pick-thankes. flatterer, sycophant; tale-bearer, rumour-monger. Headword location(s). SHAKESPEARE'S WORDS © 2025 DAVID CRYSTAL ... www.shakespeareswords.com
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pickthank
▪ 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... Oxford English Dictionary
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pickthank, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the word pickthank is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for pickthank is from 1460, in ... www.oed.com
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pickthank, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
R. Nares Gloss. (1888) II 656: pick-thanks. A flatterer, a person who is studious to gain favour, or to pick occasions for obtaining thanks. A word so common ... greensdictofslang.com
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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pickthank - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
pickthank (plural pickthanks). (sometimes attributive) A sycophant; one who meddles, tattles, informs (often in order to curry favour). en.wiktionary.org
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Pickthank - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Pick-thank, from early 15th-century phrase "pick thanks," means a servile person seeking favor by officious or underhanded means, originating from pick + ... www.etymonline.com
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PICKTHANK definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
pickthank in American English (ˈpɪkˌθæŋk) noun archaic a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant. www.collinsdictionary.com
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pickthank, v. meanings, etymology and more
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb pickthank. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is now obsolete. www.oed.com
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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. wikipedia.org
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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 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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