pilgarlic
Americannoun
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a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity.
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Obsolete. a baldheaded man.
noun
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obsolete a bald head or a man with a bald head
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dialect a pitiable person
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Origin of pilgarlic
1520–30; earlier pyllyd garleke literally, peeled garlic, originally metaphor for a bald man, whose head is compared to a peeled garlic bulb. See pill 2, garlic
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The stately white swans turned their arching necks interrogatively toward the splashing, and the brown ducks, Peezletree and Pilgarlic, quacked and gobbled softly to each other among the lily-pads.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie
The light one shall be Peezletree and the dark one Pilgarlic.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie
"Seen the ghost of a dead rebel, Pilgarlic?"
From Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro by McElroy, John
With that she bangs open the window, and before I recover from my surprise, launches forth, with a loud whir, mattrass and all, leaving me, Pilgarlic, lying on the paillasse.
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
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