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- [pik-wik]
- /ˈpɪk wɪk/
- /ˈpɪkwɪk/
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- [pik-wik]
- /ˈpɪk wɪk/
Definitions of pickwick word
- noun pickwick a picklike implement for catching up and raising a short wick of an oil lamp. 1
- noun pickwick a tool for raising the short wick of an oil lamp 0
- noun pickwick Mr. (Samuel)the naive, benevolent president of the Pickwick Club in Dickens' Pickwick Papers (1836) 0
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Origin of pickwick
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; pick1 + wick1
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Parts of speech for Pickwick
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pickwick popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pickwick usage trend in Literature
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