piccage

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noun

Money paid at fairs for permission to set up booths.

OriginLatin piccadium ← French piquer →
First used 14th–19th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounpiccage (plural piccages)

plural piccages · alternative pickage

  1. UKhistoricalobsoletelawMoney paid at fairs for permission to set up booths.First known use 14th–19th c.

Origin

  1. Frenchpiquer“to prick”
  2. Latinpiccadium
  3. Englishpiccage

Latin piccadium, from French piquer (“to prick”).

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