parquisite

English

Noun

parquisite (plural parquisites)

1. Obsolete form of perquisite.
   • 1588, Valentine Leigh, The Moste Profitable and Commendable Science, of Surueying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes: […], […] John Windet, for Andrewe Maunsell, […]:

     Parquiſites or caſualties of Courtes, belonging to a Mannour.

   • 1771, [Tobias Smollett], “To Mrs. Mary Jones, at Brambleton-hall”, in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, volume I, Dublin: […] A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, […], page 14:

     The ſquire gave away an ould coat to a poor man; and John ſays as how tis robbing him of his parquiſites.—I told him, by his agreement he was to receive no vails; but he ſays as how there’s a difference betwixt vails and parquiſites; and ſo there is for ſartain.

   • 1830, Martin Doyle [pseudonym; William Hickey], “Death of Peter Dempsey, deputy supervisor of roads—His Funeral—Conversations at it—Scene at the burial place”, in Irish Cottagers, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Co. […], Hurst, Chance and Co. London, and Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, page 66:

     So he is, but what does M‘Quirk value an oath?—he says himself he has a right to charge full price for a man, and if he gets one to work for less, ’tis his lawful parquisite.

   • 1837, [Charles White], “Showing the way in which I imitated peeping Tom of Coventry—[…].”, in The Married Unmarried, volume III, London: Saunders and Otley, […], page 233:

     O, nothing, miss, only poor servants cannot expect to have their missess’s confidence as they would common parquisites, and so their missesses can’t expect to reciprocate in theirs.