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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pillock
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And this pillock that owned the house later painted over it with emulsion.
▪ Surely Wilko doesn't think he can get away with replacing Batty with that salivating little pillock.
▪ Who's the complete pillock who thinks he can send commercial programs and pretend they're his own?
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pillock

1530s, dialectal variant of Middle English pillicock (see cock (n.1)). Meaning "stupid person" is attested by 1967.

Wiktionary
pillock

n. (context British mildly pejorative slang English) a stupid or annoying person; simpleton; fool.

WordNet
pillock

n. a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!" [syn: stupid, stupid person, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish]

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Pillock

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Usage examples of "pillock".

Like a pillock I drove obediently through Lavenham, wondering why the hell I was bothering.

The useless pillock in one of his usual drunken flaps, so what else was new?

This is something I have to do with Dobbs, and believe me Calvin, if I could choose you instead of that dozy pillock I would.

Sometimes, it is true, I find it hard to keep quiet when I must listen to the boasting of tumblers and other pillocks who are not fit to serve you.