A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Placat-,) Placquet-rhime, n. [? Placard n. or ? e.m.E. placket woman's petticoat (Shakesp., 1606), female pudendum (1601), etc., or, punningly, both of these.] Appar., an abusive or indecent poem, ? as published as anonymous handbills surreptitiously posted. —1682 Livingstone Patronus Redux 66.
Our huffing gallants … By writing bawdie or with placquet rhimes Nick all the itching wenches of the times
