Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pointed instrument for picking up the wick of an old-fashioned oil-lamp.
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Examples
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Rather less enthusiasm from miss_s_b here (also spoilers for last night's Torchwood), sabayone here, ajshepherd here, and especially pickwick here.
Torchwood finale and season calapine 2008
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Via nwhyte via pickwick: another hundred books meme.
The All-Time 100 Novels (For Certain Values Of "All-Time") nwhyte 2005
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(To be spoken by a complete tea addict, with mouthfuls of the strong brewed stuff - i.e. not the bloody pickwick bags - between words)
November 7th, 2003 2003
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To fit themselves for life, and with a special eye to acquire the art of smoking, it was even common for the boys to harbour there; and you might have seen a single penny pickwick, honestly shared in lengths with a blunt knife, bestrew the glen with these apprentices.
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To fit themselves for life, and with a special eye to acquire the art of smoking, it was even common for the boys to harbor there; and you might have seen a single penny pickwick, honestly shared in lengths with a blunt knife, bestrew the glen with these apprentices.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV Various 1885
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I walked out of there with 6 apples (jablko), some peanuts (arado arasidy), some green tea bags (pickwick - the brand), and a huge bottle of water (bonaqua - which ended up being carbonated flavor water that I didn't know).
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Life at the Whalley Arms, though seldom dull, was often repetitive, but this time around, we were at the business end of the year and the place was a lot busier than usual with all four of the biggest days of the year arriving in December; pickwick night, mad Friday, Christmas eve and new years eve.
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madmanbamboo, thanks, pickwick is even prettier in person.
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