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• pilgarlick (obsolete)

Noun

pilgarlic ‎(plural pilgarlics)

1. (archaic) A bald-headed person; a pitiable or foolish person.
   • 1667, ‘Third Advice to a Painter’:

     The plot succeeds: the Dutch in haste prepare, / And poor pilgarlic George's arse they share.

   • 1787, George Colman the Younger, Inkle and Yarico, III.1:

     My poor pilgarlic of a master, what will become of him?

   • 2010, Courtney Sheinmel, Sincerely, p. 35:

     Dad turned to Haley, the pliant daughter. “He's a very lanky pumpkin,” he said. “And he's a pilgarlic.”

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