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pricklouse - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
pricklouse (plural pricklice). (derogatory, archaic) A tailor. 1692, Roger L'Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the ...
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PRICKLOUSE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PRICKLOUSE is tailor.
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pricklouse, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun pricklouse is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for pricklouse is from before 1513, in the writing of William ...
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pricklouse
pricklouse Now dial. (ˈprɪklaʊs) Also 8– prick-the(-a)-louse. A derisive name for a tailor.1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxvii. 5 Betuix a telȝour and ane sowtar, A pricklouss and ane hobbell clowttar. 1587 Durham Depos. (Surtees) 322 Pricklouse that thou arte. 1668 R. L'Estrange Vis. Quev. (1708) 151 The po...
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Prick-louse. World English Historical Dictionary - WEHD.com
Prick-louse. World English Historical Dictionary. ... The Woman in Contempt of his Trade, called her Husband PRICKLOUSE. 9. 1720. D ...
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pricklouse - definition and meaning - Wordnik
pricklouse: A tailor: so called in contempt. Also prick-the-louse .
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prick
▪ I. prick, n. (prɪk) Forms: 1 pric(c)a, price, (pryce), 2, 5–6 prike (5 pryke); 3–7 pricke, 4– prick (4–6 prikke, prik, 5 prykke, prikk, 5–7 pryck, -e, pryk). [OE. prica, pricca m., price f. = mod.Du. prik m. († prick Kilian) a sharp point or stick, prickle, etc.; LG. prik a dot, spot, point, prik,...
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"PRICKLOUSE": Petty or meddlesome insignificant person - OneLook
Usually means: Petty or meddlesome insignificant person. Definitions Related words Mentions History. We found 11 dictionaries that define the word pricklouse:
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definition of Pricklouse by The Free Dictionary
Pricklouse. Prick´louse`. n. 1. A tailor; - so ...
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Saturday 2 May 1663 - The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Pricklouse \Prick"louse`\, n. A tailor; -- so called in contempt. [Old slang] --L'Estrange Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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8 Insults Made Up of a Noun and a Verb - Merriam-Webster
Pricklouse. Definition - a tailor. Pricklouse comes from combining the verb prick with the noun louse, and has been used for some five hundred years to refer ...
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PRICK Louse - Canting - Words from Old Books
1736 Canting Dictionary / P / PRICK Louse [person]. PRICK Louse,. a Taylor. [picture: Door, Skipworth Church]. Door, Skipworth Church · [picture: The Seranade].
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