Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Money paid by strolling players and others for the privilege of breaking ground for the erection of their booths at fairs, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths.
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- noun law, UK, obsolete
Money paid atfairs for permission to break ground forbooths .
Etymologies
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Latin piccadium, from French piquer to prick.
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sionnach commented on the word piccage
Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths.
October 8, 2007