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Webster 1913 Edition
Piccadilly
{
Pic′ca-dil
,Picˊca-dil′ly
, }Noun.
[OF.
piccagilles
the several divisions of pieces fastened together about the brim of the collar of a doublet, a dim. fr. Sp. picado
, p. p. of picar
to prick. See Pike
.] A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, – worn by men in the 17th century.