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pricklouse

noun
/ˈpɹɪklaʊs/UK

Etymology

From prick + louse.

  1. derived from *lewH-✻
  2. inherited from *lūs✻
  3. inherited from *lūs✻
  4. inherited from lūs
  5. inherited from lous
  6. compounded as pricklouse — “prick + louse”

Definitions

  1. A tailor.

    • When she was under Water, and could call him Pricklouse no longer with her Lips, she held up her Hands over her Head

  2. A lousy person.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA