subs. (old).—1. An outcast; see quot. 1785.
1483. Catholicon Anglicum [E.E.T.S.], s.v. to PILLE GARLEKE; vellicare.
d. 1529. SKELTON [DYCE, Works, i. 122, 68]. Your PYLLED GARLEKE hed.
1619. FLETCHER, The Humourous Lieutenant, ii. 2.
| And there got he a knock, and down goes PILGARLICK, | |
| Commends his soul to his she-saint, and exit. |
1708–10. SWIFT, Polite Conversation, i. Col. Was your Visit long, Miss? Miss. Why, truly, they went all to the Opera; and so poor PILGARLICK came home alone.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. PILL, or PEELE GARLICK. Said originally to mean one whose skin or hair had fallen off from some disease, chiefly by the venereal one; but now commonly used by persons speaking of themselves; as, there stood poor PILL GARLICK: i.e., there stood I.
2. (old).—A person of ripe age: see ANTIQUE.
d. 1605. STOW [Century]. He will soon be a PEELED GARLIC like myself.
