A burlesque word put into the mouth of a fool: apparently as a perversion of impocket, and perhaps intended to suggest petticoat.
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a1616 W. ShakespeareTwelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 25 I sent thee sixe pence for thy Lemon [mod. edd. leman], hadst it? Clo. I did impeticos thy gratillity. View more context for this quotation
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