"pilcher" meaning in English

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          "text": "He that eats nothing but a red herring a-day shall ne'er be broiled for the devil's rasher: a pilcher, signor, a surdiny, an olive, that I may be a philosopher first, and immortal after.",
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        "One who wears a pilch."
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        "(obsolete) One who wears a pilch."
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