"pillicock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pillicocks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pilkoc, equivalent to an uncertain prefix + cock (“a male chicken; slang term for a penis”). Compare the earlier surname Pylcock etc., as well as pillock, Scots pillie (“a penis”), Jutland regional Danish piller and pillerkok (“a penis”), regional Norwegian pill (“a penis”), and Swedish pillesnopp (“wiener, (small) penis”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|pilkoc}} Middle English pilkoc, {{m|en|cock||a male chicken; slang term for a penis}} cock (“a male chicken; slang term for a penis”), {{m|enm|Pylcock}} Pylcock, {{m|en|pillock}} pillock, {{cog|sco|pillie||a penis}} Scots pillie (“a penis”), {{cog|da|piller}} Danish piller, {{m|da|pillerkok||a penis}} pillerkok (“a penis”), {{cog|no|pill||a penis}} Norwegian pill (“a penis”), {{cog|sv|pillesnopp||wiener, (small) penis}} Swedish pillesnopp (“wiener, (small) penis”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pillicock (plural pillicocks)
  1. (archaic) A penis. Tags: archaic Synonyms (penis): penis
    Sense id: en-pillicock-en-noun-KFrQ904s Disambiguation of 'penis': 100 0
  2. (obsolete, endearing) A boy or man. Tags: endearing, obsolete Synonyms (darling): boy and man
    Sense id: en-pillicock-en-noun-oG5jUyA3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'darling': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pilicock, pillicocke, pelicock, pillycock Derived forms: pillicock hill

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