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Pugna Porcoʹrum (Battle of the Pigs)

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The most celebrated poem of alliterative verse, extending to 253 Latin hexameters, in which every word begins with p.

 

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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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Pucelle (La)
Puck or Robin Goodfellow
Pucka
Pudding
Pudding-time
Pudens
Puff
Puff-ball
Puffed Up
Pug
Pugna Porcorum (Battle of the Pigs)
Puisne Judges
Pukwana (North American Indian)
Pull
Pull Bacon (To)
Pull Devil, Pull Baker
Pulling
Pumblechook (Uncle)
Pummel or Pommel
Pump
Pumpernickel