An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Pickelhering

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Pickelhering
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Friedrich Kluge2510453An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — Pickelhering1891John Francis Davis

​ Pickelhering, m., ‘merry-andrew, buffoon,’ borrowed in the beginning of the 17th cent. from E. pickle-herring, a term introduced by the English comedians into Germany.

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