pricket

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pricket

/ˈpɹɪkɪt/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪkɪt

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From Middle English precat, preket, priket, pryket; equivalent to prick + -et. Earlier currency of the Middle English word is apparently implied by surnames and borrowings into Latin and Anglo-Norman.

noun prickets

obsolete A candle.
A spike for holding a single candle. Lighting their way with tallow candles on pewter prickets.
A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched. Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, spitter
Similar: brocket, knobber, knobbler, spitter

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@misc{pricket_2026,
  title = {pricket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pricket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}