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Peter Peebles

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Peter Peeblesʹ Lawsuit. In Sir Walter Scott’s novel of Redgauntlet. Peter is a litigious hard-hearted drunkard, poor as a churchmouse, and a liar to the backbone. His “ganging plea” is Hogarthian comic, as Carlyle says.

 

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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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Peru
Peruvian Bark
Peruke or Periwig
Pescecola
Pessimist
Petard
Petaud
Peter
Peter Botte Mountain
Peter Parley
Peter Peebles
Peter-pence
Peter Pindar
Peter Porcupine
Peter Wilkins
Peter of Provence
Peter the Great
Peter the Hermit (in Tasso)
Peter the Wild Boy
Peterboat
Peterborough (Northamptonshire)