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• pyllour [15th c.]

名詞

piller (plural pillers)

1. (obsolete) A plunderer or thief.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xlviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

     Thenne he horsed his bretheren ageyne and sayd bretheren ye oughte to be ashamed to falle so of your horses / What is a Knyght but whan he is on horsbak / I sett not by a knyght whanne he is on foote / for all batails on fote ar but pelowres batails / For there shold no Knyghte syghte on foote / but yf hit were for treason / or els he were dryuen therto by force

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名詞

piller (plural pillers)

1. Pronunciation spelling of pillow.
   • 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:

     "What are you layin' on your good bed in the daytime for, messin' up the feathers, and dirtyin' the pillers with your dusty boots?"

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