PEASECOD Definition & Meaning

peasecod

[ peez-kod ]

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noun

the pod of the pea.
the front of a 16th-century doublet, quilted or stuffed to form a pointed bulge over the stomach and abdomen.

peasecod

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noun

archaic.
the pod of a pea plant

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of peasecod¹

First recorded in 1325–75, peasecod is from the Middle English word pesecodde. See pease, cod ²

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of peasecod¹

C14: from pease + cod ²

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First, if any of you here desire to know the name of the man whom you shall marry, let her seek in the summer time for a green peasecod, in which there are nine pease; when you have done this, either write, or cause to be written, on a slip of paper, these words— Come in, my dear, And never fear.

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A clap of thunder split the sky like a peasecod.

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