noun
- plural of pilgarlic: a person regarded as pitiable or contemptible
Usage: archaic; derogatory
Examples
- The old pilgarlics huddled together in the cold.
- He dismissed them as mere pilgarlics unworthy of attention.
- The playwright portrayed the beggars as pathetic pilgarlics.
- She felt sorry for the pilgarlics living on the streets.
- The nobleman looked down upon the pilgarlics with disdain.