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pilch
[ pilch ]
noun
- an infant's wrapper worn over a diaper.
pilch
/ pɪltʃ /
noun
- an outer garment, originally one made of skin
- an infant's outer wrapping, worn over the napkin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pilch1
before 1000; Middle English pilche a kind of outer garment, Old English pylece < Medieval Latin pellicia a furred garment, Latin pellicea, feminine of pelliceus of skins, hides, derivative of pellis a skin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pilch1
C17: from Old English pylce a garment made of skin and fur, from Late Latin pellicia, from Latin pellis fur
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Example Sentences
For a young girl I should like to know what is the objection to a pad, or pilch as they are called, made for use on either side.
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The pad or pilch is apt to turn round, for it is only one little girl in twenty who sits straight.
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Mr Pilch may have known very little of medicine, but he knew enough to make him shake his head as he saw the boy.
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I asked for Mr. Pilch, and was conducted into a private room.
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Pilch sat down at the desk and invited Trigger to make herself comfortable on the couch.
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