What does patrico mean?
Patrico means (slang, obsolete, thieves' cant) A gypsies' or beggars' hedge priest..
Patrico
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(slang, obsolete, thieves' cant) A gypsies' or beggars' hedge priest..
Example Sentences
And these, what name or title e'er they bear, / Jarkman, or Patrico, Cranke, or Clapper-dudgeon, / Frater, or Abram-man; I speak to all / That stand in fair election for the title / Of king of beggars.
There was a proud patrico and a nosegent, he toke his Jockam in his famble, and a wapping he went, he dockt the Dell, he prygge to praunce, he byngd a wast into the darkemans, he fylche the Cofe without any fylche man.
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Word Forms
- patricos
- patricoes
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And these, what name or title e'er they bear, / Jarkman, or Patrico, Cranke, or Clapper-dudgeon, / Frater, or Abram-man; I speak to all / That stand in fair election for the title / Of king of beggars.
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