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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PULLICATE, n. Also pulicate; pollicate, policat, -cut. A coloured, freq. checked, cotton material of the gingham type, produced in Scot. from 1785 until the beginning of the 19th c., so called from the town of Pulicat in Madras where handkerchiefs of this material were first made; a handkerchief of pullicate. Also used attrib. Cf. Monteith, n. Now only hist.Gsw. 1788 Session Papers, Cazalet v. Hamilton (22 July) 27:
There will be about 100 dz. pullicates ready this week.
Sc. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XII. 114:
Manufactured pulicates of a superior colour. . . . Cotton-pulicate handkerchiefs, equal in beauty and quality to any in the known world.
Fif. 1806 A. Douglas Poems 47:
The Pollicates that hae nae fauts, Are five pence ilka ell, man.
Gsw. 1820 J. Cleland Rise Gsw. 95:
The same year [1785] pullicate handkerchiefs were begun to be made.
Lnk. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 VI. 23:
On Martinmas fair day 1812, a general strike took place, and continued for nine weeks, because a certain description of work, 1200 policuts, fell from 8d. to 6d. per yard.
Lnk. 1865 J. Hamilton Poems 232:
There was Will Lightbody, the pulicate weaver.
Slg. 1891 Blackwood's Mag. (Oct.) 571:
A pulicat or gingham weaver at St. Ninians.
Dmf. 1891 J. Brown Hist. Sanquhar 359:
The work consisted, at one time in the early part of the Century, principally of napkins, called “Policats”.

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"Pullicate n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 28 Mar 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/pullicate>

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