pilulistn.
/ˈpɪljᵿlɪst/, U.S. /ˈpɪljələst/ rare. Chiefly humorous.
A maker or seller of pills.
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pilulist1807
1807 Edinb. Rev. 11 66 Is he refreshed by immediate fees like the accomplished pillulist?
1906 Daily Chron. 27 Nov. 6/6 Another, who tried one box and ‘thought ill of them’, much annoyed the great pilulist.
1989 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Jan. My pillulist..is an affable chainsmoker who renounced orthodox medicine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1807- to click one's fingers
- to click one's heels
- to click one's heels together
- to click one's tongue
- to click through
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- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, a person's coattails
- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, a person's coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, a person's coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, a person's coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, a person's coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, coattails
- to climb the rigging
- to climb up the wall
- to climb, hop, jump, etc, on the bandwagon
- to clinch a nail
- to cling on by one's fingernails
- to cling on by one's fingertips
- to cling on to something by one's fingernails