pillock
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of pillock
C14: from Scandinavian dialect pillicock penis
Example Sentences
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It’s like a wonderful complex tapestry – without wanting to sound like a pillock – of life.
From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2016
If you'd ever like most people in a room to instantly judge you a colossal, thundering pillock, there's a very simple series of steps you can take.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2014
Haraldsson's text is laden with clichés and mealy-mouthed verbiage as Sjón dutifully keeps him within the linguistic parameters of a petit-bourgeois pillock.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012
Mrs. Thatcher fixed her stained-glass blue eyes on that pillock and pointed out that the enemy cruiser'd been zigzagging in and out of the zone all day.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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