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pullicate (iou)



pullicate noun. L18.
[from Pulicat, a town in Tamil Nadu (formerly, in the Madras presidency) in southern India.]
Hist. (More fully pullicate handkerchief), a checked coloured handkerchief of a type originally made at Pulicat; a material woven from dyed yarn, from which handkerchiefs were made.