PICKWICKIAN
\pɪkwˈɪki͡ən], \pɪkwˈɪkiən], \p_ɪ_k_w_ˈɪ_k_iə_n]\
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pik-wik'i-an, adj. relating to or resembling Mr Pickwick, the hero of Dickens's Pickwick Papers.--IN A PICKWICKIAN SENSE, in a merely hypothetical sense--a phrase by which the members of the Pickwick Club explained away unparliamentary language.
By Thomas Davidson
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