Lexicographical Neighbors of Pirlicue
Literary usage of Pirlicue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"pirlicue. Also, the exhortations, which were wont to be given by him, on Monday,
at what was called " the close of the work," were thus denominated in other ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"pirlicue. Also, the exhortations which were wont to be given by him, on Monday,
at what was called " the close of the work,1* 8, ..."
3. Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary by James B. Montogomerie- Fleming (1899)
"... but no Pine-Pig is to be found at its proper place, iii. 492. pirlicue should
be given at iii. 496, with cross-reference to ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"pirlicue. Al*o, the exhortations which weie wont to be given by him, on Monday,
at what was called " the close of the work," S. ..."
5. The Men of the Moss Hags: Being a History of Adventure by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1895)
"A pirlicue* which pleased them but little, so that some rode off that they might
not be known, and some dourly remained, but were impotent for evil. ..."
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