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| piccolomini¹ | Marietta Piccolomini (1834-1899) was an Italian soprano. She was most famous for the role of Violetta in La Traviata
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| pick-a-ninnys(1) | piccaninny = a black child [OED]
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| picked o'er | threw the shuttle; wove
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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.
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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 |
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| 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:
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| pleck(1) | Place [A Glossary of Lancashire Dialect http://www.dunkerley-tuson.co.uk/Pages/LancashireDialectGlossary.aspx]
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