Lexicographical Neighbors of Pickadils
Literary usage of Pickadils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information Including the by William Adolphus Wheeler, Charles Gardner Wheeler (1894)
"A leading street in London, consisting of shops and fashionable dwelling-houses,
said to be so called from the ruffs, or " pickadils," worn by the gallants ..."
2. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt (1885)
"Our King James I. being expected on a visit to Cambridge in 1615, an order was
issued by the Vice-Chancellor against wearing pickadils. ..."
3. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of by John Timbs (1868)
"The name is derived from the ruffs, called "pickadils" or "peccadilloes," worn
by the gallants of James I. and Charles I.; and the stiffened points of which ..."
4. A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs by Ward, Lock and Company, ltd (1907)
"It is said to derive its name from the pickadils, or ruffs, worn in the early
Stuart period. Commencing at Piccadilly Circus, it extends westward for nearly ..."
5. Black's Guide to London and Its Environs by Adam and Charles Black (Firm) (1863)
"The name is of uncertain origin, but it is supposed to be somehow connected with
the word " pickadils," the ruffs worn in the time of James I. Crossing ..."
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