pricket
Example Sentences
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The appendage in question was named a "pricket bat", and it was used to burst balloons.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2013
The whole service was gilt, and the bequest included also a pair of magnificent pricket candlesticks, each nearly 20 inches high, with rich stems and massive scrolled bases.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by G. H. (George Henry) Palmer
And, to humour the ignorant, I have call'd the deer the Princess killed, a pricket.
From Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
And, to humour the ignorant, call I the deer the princess killed a pricket.
From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson
Twas not a haud credo; 'twas a pricket.
From Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
