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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pikk-,) Pick-, Pycker, -ar, n.1 [e.m.E. picker (1526).] A thief. = Pikar n. ? Also attrib. —1575 Dunferm. B. Rec. II. 12.
All pyckaris pickallaris and resettoris of uther mennis guidis 1615 Inverness Rec. II. 138.
Pycker ? 1655 Fugitive Poetry II. xxviii. 2/28.
Clan Merloch picker ladder loupers
