Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pilchard . - noun One who wears a pilch.
- noun A pilch.
- noun A scabbard.
- noun plural A child's drawers. [West Indies.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A scabbard, as of a sword.
- noun (Zoöl.) The pilchard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Archaic form of
pilchard .
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Examples
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Here is bichot, which comes from bishop; raille, spy, which comes from rascal, rascalion; pilche, a case, which comes from pilcher, a sheath.
Les Miserables 2008
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Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears? make haste, lest mine be about your ears ere it be out.
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Up to that time no such cut and thrust weapon had been seen in America, and no such truculent foul-mouthed editor had plucked a pen out of his pilcher by the ears on this side of the Atlantic.
The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850 Albert Henry Smyth 1885
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Here is bichot, which comes from bishop; raille, spy, which comes from rascal, rascalion; pilche, a case, which comes from pilcher, a sheath.
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Here is bichot, which comes from bishop; raille, spy, which comes from rascal, rascalion; pilche, a case, which comes from pilcher, a sheath.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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Referee: Tom Henning Ovrebo (Norway) (Reporting by Marius Zaharia; Editing by Tom pilcher) ((marius. zaharia@reuters.com; +40 21 315 8320; Reuters Messaging: marius. zaharia.reuters.com@reuters.net))
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Reuters Messaging: tom. pilcher.reuters.com@reuters.net; For the Reuters sports blog Left Field go to:
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greg reinheimer · February 19th, 2004 at 3:25 pm brad pilcher and i have been discussing this, actually, and we feel that it may be necessary for usto create a new ‘label’ for non-religious people of jewish descent, simply to clarify the distinction.
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(Editing by Tom Pilcher; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) (tom. pilcher@thomsonreuters.com; + 44 207 542 7933 Reuters Messaging: tom. pilcher.reuters.com@reuters.net; For the Reuters sports blog Left Field go to:
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