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Peter Porʹcupine

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William Cobbett, when he was a Tory. We have Peter Porcupine’s Gazette and the Porcupine Papers, in twelve volumes. (1762–1835.)

 

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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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Peterboat
Peterborough (Northamptonshire)
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