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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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Origin of pricket1
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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.
And, to humour the ignorant, call I the deer the princess killed a pricket.
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?
One does not need to discuss pricket candlesticks of ecclesiastical form.
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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