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pilicock

pilicock is the alternative form of pillicock.

Meaning of pillicock

Noun

pillicock (plural pillicocks)

  1. (archaic) A penis.
    • Al þus eld me for-dede...
      Y ne mai no more of loue done,a. 1325, "Elde" in the Kildare Poems
    Synonyms:
    penis
  2. (endearing, obsolete) A boy or man.
    • A pillicocke, a darling, or a wanton, or a minion.1598, John Florio, A Worlde of Wordes

Forms of pilicock

pluralpilicocks

Questions about pilicock

What is pilicock the alternative form of?
Pilicock is the alternative form of pillicock.

Words near pilicock in the dictionary

  1. piliation
  2. Pilibhit
  3. Pilibosian
  4. pilicide
  5. pilicides
  6. pilicock
  7. pilicocks
  8. pilid
  9. pilidia
  10. pilidial
  11. pilidium

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