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In some senses, pilcher is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
pilcher
/ˈpɪlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
noun 3name 1
Collocations
2PILCHER + NOUN
ears, signor, surdiny
PREP.
out
Definitions
noun
1
Archaic form of pilchard.
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.
noun
1
One who wears a pilch.
2
A scabbard, as of a sword.
MERCUTIO: Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears?
name
1
A surname originating as an occupation.
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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.
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MERCUTIO: Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears?
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