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Meaning of pillicock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A penis.
    archaic
  2. A boy or man.
    endearing, obsolete

Examples

“Al þus eld me for-dede... Y ne mai no more of loue done,”
“Edg. Pilicock sate on pelicocks hill, a lo lo lo.”
“Edgar, riffing on the sound of the word ‘pelican’, jumps to an old nursery rhyme which starts with the word ‘Pillicock’. He omits the second line, favouring gibberish instead—or a hunting cry? The full couplet is: Pillicock sat on Pillicock-hill If he's not gone, he sits there still.”
“A pillicocke, a darling, or a wanton, or a minion.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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