The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pricklouse
Pricklouse \Prick"louse`\, n.
A tailor; -- so called in contempt. [Old slang]
--L'Estrange.
Wiktionary
pricklouse
n. (context pejorative now archaic historical English) A tailor; a lousy person.
Usage examples of "pricklouse".
Saturday, and Pricklouse having a good Scots mile to walk in coming, and, of course, another in returning, Bodkin was sure to lay his hand on some heavy quarto, or ponderous folio, with, and under which, wrapt up in his gray plaid, he grew wise, as he grew weary, all the way home.