The five P’s. William Oxberry was so called, because he was Printer, Poet, Publisher, Publican, and Player. (1784–1824.)
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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.