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Meaning of PICCADIL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pic"ca*dil\, Piccadilly \Pic`ca*dil"ly\, n. [OF.
piccagilles the several divisions of pieces fastened together
about the brim of the collar of a doublet, a dim. fr. Sp.
picado, p. p. of picar to prick. See {Pike}.]
A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about
the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century.
 
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