Difference between revisions of "Pricket's sister"
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| − | * '''pricket:''' a male fallow deer in its second year. A pricket is a two-year old buck, with horns that are straight and unbranched. A herd of fallow deer is kept in Dublin's [[Phoenix Park]] → cf. other species of hoofed ruminants in this passage: [[Dik|Dik Dik]], [[Fredeland|Eland]], [[Elk]], [[Hind]] → Horns are a sign of a cuckold | + | * '''pricket:''' a male fallow deer in its second year. A pricket is a two-year old buck, with horns that are straight and unbranched. A herd of fallow deer is kept in Dublin's [[Phoenix Park]], hence this phrase refers to the second province Leinster → cf. other species of hoofed ruminants in this passage: [[Dik|Dik Dik]], [[Fredeland|Eland]], [[Elk]], [[Hind]] → Horns are a sign of a cuckold |
* '''prick:''' (''slang'') like [[Dik|dick]], this is coarse slang for "penis" | * '''prick:''' (''slang'') like [[Dik|dick]], this is coarse slang for "penis" | ||
Revision as of 07:27, 8 January 2007
- pricket: a male fallow deer in its second year. A pricket is a two-year old buck, with horns that are straight and unbranched. A herd of fallow deer is kept in Dublin's Phoenix Park, hence this phrase refers to the second province Leinster → cf. other species of hoofed ruminants in this passage: Dik Dik, Eland, Elk, Hind → Horns are a sign of a cuckold
- prick: (slang) like dick, this is coarse slang for "penis"
- prick: one of several types of small dots used in writing (e.g. jots, tittles, diacritics, the vowels in Hebrew, etc)
- Prickette’s Tower: a tower in the old walls of Dublin → hence this phrase refers to the second province Leinster
- pricket's sister: a female fallow deer in its second year → Issy
