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View synonyms for pricket
pricket
[ prik-it ]
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.
pricket
/ ˈprɪkɪt /
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pricket1
C14 priket, from prik prick
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Example Sentences
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.
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And, to humour the ignorant, call I the deer the princess killed a pricket.
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Why, there was a buck I had shot in Hogley Woods, a magnificent pricket, and do you know how she had it sent up to table?
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One does not need to discuss pricket candlesticks of ecclesiastical form.
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Why, there was a buck I had shot in Hogley Woods, a magnificent pricket, and do you know how she had it sent to table?
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