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picker¹

Picker: In a loom: a small device which travels backwards and forwards in the shuttle-box and drives the shuttle to and fro through the warp. [OED]

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pickwick(1)

A cheap cigar

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piece(1)

The standard ‘piece’ of cloth typically measured 24 yards (approx. 21.9 metres) in length and 7 quarters (approx. 1.60 metres) in breadth, but there were formerly many exceptions according to the quality of the fabric, its value, place of manufacture, etc. [OED]

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pigeon(1)

a naive or gullible person; a fool or simpleton; a person who is easily swindled" [OED]

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pike¹

A weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft with a pointed steel head. [OED]

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pill¹

To reject or exclude by ballot (a person) from membership of a club or society; to blackball.
The earliest citation of the word in this meaning is 1853 [OED]

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pincop¹

A small pear-shaped roll of yarn, used for the weft in a power loom. [OED]

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Pinfowt(1)

Possibly pinfold - A pen or enclosure for stray or distrained livestock; a pound for animals, a fold.

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pint

1 pint = 0.568 litres

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pint²

In this context pint of beer. 1 pint = 0.568 litres  [CPB]

pitchins¹

A communal meal to which those attending bring food or drink to share. The OED quotes American usages from 1918 to 1996. Its use in bar694~Behind Time (published 1878), suggests it was in earlier use in Scotland.

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plaguey

troublesome, annoying, vexatious, tiresome, disagreeable [OED]

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plaster¹

plaster: a solid medicinal or emollient substance spread on a bandage or dressing and applied to the skin, often becoming adhesive at body temperature (now rare or hist.). [OED] 

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plate¹

Gold or silver vessels and utensils. In extended use: vessels and utensils made of other materials; tableware. Also: vessels plated with silver, gold, etc.; plated ware.[OED]

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Playing_the_thong¹

Using a riding whip

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pleasure_garden¹

Pleasure Gardens : Places of entertainment offering music, dancing, eating and drinking – and regular fireworks, operas, masquerades and illuminations. Laid out as formal gardens, with shrubberies and miniature waterways, and dedicated buildings for performances and for eating, they were places to see the latest in art and architecture. [i]. Originally established for the entertainment of the rich and fashionable - by the early 19th century they were frequented by people of all classes.

Reference:
[i] Thom, Danielle Museum of London https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/vauxhall-pleasure-gardens (accessed 18Mar21)

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Synonyms - Pleasure_Gardens¹
pleck(1)

Place [A Glossary of Lancashire Dialect  http://www.dunkerley-tuson.co.uk/Pages/LancashireDialectGlossary.aspx]

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Plush¹

A rich fabric of silk, cotton, wool, or other material (or any of these combined), with a long soft nap, used esp. for upholstery, servants' livery, etc.; (also) a similar artificial or synthetic fabric. Also To provide (a footman or the like) with a livery of plush. to plush it : to act as footman. (OED)

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Plymouth yard
Presumably Plymouth dockyard
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pocket_book¹

A pocket-sized folding case for holding banknotes, papers [OED] 

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