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Peninsular War

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The war carried on, under the Duke of Wellington, against the French in Portugal and Spain, between 1808 and 1812.

 

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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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Penates
Pencil of Rays
Pendennis (Arthur)
Pendente Lite (Latin)
Pendragon
Penelope
Penelophon
Penelva
Penetralia
Penfeather (Lady Penelope)
Peninsular War
Penitential Psalms
Penmanship
Penmanship
Pennals [pen-cases]
Pennalism
Pennant
Penniless (The)
Penny (in the sense of pound)
Penny (A)
Penny-a-liner (A)

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Peninsular War