Usually means: Tailor, derogatory term for seamster.
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  1. pricklouse: Merriam-Webster
  2. pricklouse: Wordnik
  3. pricklouse: Wiktionary
  4. Pricklouse: Dictionary.com
  5. Pricklouse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. pricklouse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Pricklouse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. pricklouse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. pricklouse: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Pricklouse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (derogatory, archaic) A tailor.
▸ noun:  (derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.

Similar:
snip, knight of the thimble, prig, knight of the shears, prickteaser, prickwad, prickface, prickhead, knob-thatcher, pilcher, more...

Opposite:
smooth, soft, silky, velvety

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Similar:
snip, knight of the thimble, prig, knight of the shears, prickteaser, prickwad, prickface, prickhead, knob-thatcher, pilcher, more...

Opposite:
smooth, soft, silky, velvety



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