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Peep-oʹ-Day Boys

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The Irish insurgents of 1784; so called because they used to visit the houses of their opponents (called defenders) at peep of day searching for arms or plunder.

 

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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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Peculium
Pecuniary
Pedagogue
Pedlar
Pedlar’s Acre (Lambeth)
Pedlars French
Peebles
Peel
Peeler (A)
Peep
Peep-o-Day Boys
Peeping Tom of Coventry
Peerage of the Apostles
Peers of the Realm
Peg or Peggy
Peg too Low (A)
Pegasos (Greek; Pegasus, Latin)
Pegg (Katharine)
Pegging Away (Keep)
Peine Forte et Dure
Pelagianism