Johnson (ed. of 1802)gives as one definition of "prick" as a person
who dresses for show.  He also cites the numerous terms now used and
arising from "prickly" as "sharp" or "pointed".

I would guess, and it is only that, that the reference is to those
descendants of Pilgrims who have something of a reputation as being
sharp of tongue or as those who dress the role of the early Pilgrims.
Walker (1823) also gives "remorse of conscience" as one definition.  I
would be interested in other definitions that you find.  Thanks.
Paul
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In todays paper, 2 NOV 2003, Knight Ridder News Service offered the
article:
"Cape Cod Delights in Off Season"--by Ellen Creager--dateline
Brewster, Mass.

Ms. Creager writes in one glaring paragraph:

"The Cape, 77 miles south of Boston, is where the Pilgrims dallied in
1620
before moving on to Plymouth Rock. Its where prickly descendants of
Mayflower
folk still live, where sea captains and sailors drifted and settled,
where
cranberries, Kennedys and 200 years of vacationers have created a
mystique more
opaque than the morning fog."

Please! what means "prickly?"

Ed Sherman of William Brewster, Francis Cooke and Richard Warren
GSMD # 64,667, SC # 609

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