Meanings
plural sicklemen
- Someone who uses a sickle; a reaper.
You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]
Origin
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