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Peace-makers (The)

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The nickname of the Bedfordshire regiment. So called from having no battles on the colours.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pay (sea term)
Pay (To)
Pay (To)
Pay (To)
Pay off old Scores (To)
Pay with the Roll of the Drum (To)
Paynising
Pea-jacket (A)
Peace
Peace-makers (The)
Peace of Antalcidas (The)
Peace of God
Peace with Honour
Peaceful (The)
Peach
Peacock
Peacock’s Feather Unlucky (A)
Peak (The)
Peal
Pearl (The)