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  • noun Plural form of paltock.

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Examples

  • I am no knight, said Gawaine, I have been brought up in the guardrobe with the noble King Arthur many years, for to take heed to his armour and his other array, and to point his paltocks that long to himself.

    Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table 2003

  • The little group blazed with golden chains and jeweled chaplets, flame colored paltocks and purple tunics.

    Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

  • I am no knight, said Gawaine, I have been brought up in the guardrobe with the noble King Arthur many years, for to take heed to his armour and his other array, and to point his paltocks that long to himself.

    Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1 1903

  • The little group blazed with golden chains and jeweled chaplets, flame colored paltocks and purple tunics.

    Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • By my hilt I believe that the men of England are all in France already, and that what is left behind are in sooth the women dressed up in their paltocks and hosen. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • By my hilt I believe that the men of England are all in France already, and that what is left behind are in sooth the women dressed up in their paltocks and hosen. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • By my hilt I believe that the men of England are all in France already, and that what is left behind are in sooth the women dressed up in their paltocks and hosen. "

    The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • By my hilt I believe that the men of England are all in France already, and that what is left behind are in sooth the women dressed up in their paltocks and hosen. "

    The White Company 1890

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