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pillicocks

pillicocks is the plural 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

Questions about pillicocks

What is pillicocks the plural of?
Pillicocks is the plural of pillicock.

Words near pillicocks in the dictionary

  1. Pilley's Island
  2. Pilleys
  3. pillhead
  4. pillheads
  5. pillicock
  6. pillicocks
  7. pillier
  8. pillies
  9. pilliest
  10. Pilliga
  11. pilliness

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