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Orange Peel

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A nickname given to Sir Robert Peel when Chief Secretary for Ireland (1812–1818), on account of his strong anti - Catholic proclivities. (See above, and Orangeman.)

 

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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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Or Ever
Oracle
Oracle
Oracle (Sir)
Oracle of the Church (The)
Oracle of the Holy Bottle, Bacbuc
Oracle of Sieve and Shears (The)
Oracles
Orange Lilies (The)
Orange Lodges
Orange Peel
Orange-tawny
Orange Blossoms Worn at Weddings
Orangeman
Orania
Orator Henley
Orbilian Stick (The)
Orc (in Orlando Furioso)
Orca
Orchard
Orcus