Meaning of pilcher | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Archaic form of pilchard.
   alt-of, archaic
2. One who wears a pilch.
   obsolete
3. A surname originating as an occupation.
4. A scabbard, as of a sword.
   obsolete

Examples

“He that eats nothing but a red herring a-day shall ne'er be broiled for the devil's rasher: a pilcher, signor, a surdiny, an olive, that I may be a philosopher first, and immortal after.”

“MERCUTIO: Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears?”

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