What does pricklouse mean?
Pricklouse means (derogatory, archaic) A tailor..
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/ˈpɹɪklaʊs/ · noun
(derogatory, archaic) 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
that woman […] by no threats or stripes would leave to call her husband pricke-lowse [translating pouilleux], and being cast into a pond and duckt under water, lifted up her hands, and joyning her two thumbs-nailes in act to kill lice above her head, seemed to call him lousie still […].
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Pricklouse means (derogatory, archaic) A tailor..
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When she was under Water, and could call him Pricklouse no longer with her Lips, she held up her Hands over her Head
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