pricket

[prik-it]

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noun

a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle.

a candlestick with one or more such points.

a buck in his second year.

Origin of pricket

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at prick, -et

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Related Words for pricket

candelabra, sconce, menorah

Examples from the Web for pricket

Historical Examples of pricket

But the Pricket was so much excited to hear of other Deer that he entreated his mother to go where the Partridge had told them.
The Story of a Red Deer
J. W. Fortescue
And, to humour the ignorant, call I the deer the princess killed a pricket.
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592
Arthur Acheson

British Dictionary definitions for pricket

pricket

noun

a male deer in the second year of life having unbranched antlers

a sharp metal spike on which to stick a candle

a candlestick having such a spike

Word Origin for pricket

C14 priket, from prik prick

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