"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, {{cog|sco|pillie||a penis}} Scots pillie (“a penis”), {{cog|da|piller}} Danish piller, {{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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 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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Alternative forms

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