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pickwickian definition

pick·wick·ian (pik wikē ən)

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick or the Pickwick Club
  2. special, unusual, or esoteric: said of a meaning of a word or phrase

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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