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Prick-eared

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So the Roundheads were called, because they covered their heads with a black skull-cap drawn down tight, leaving the ears exposed.

 

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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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Preston and his Mastiffs
Pretender
Pretext
Prettyman (Prince)
Prevarication
Prevent
Previous Question
Priam
Priamond
Priapus
Prick-eared
Prick the Garter
Pride
Pride of the Morning
Pride’s Purge
Pridwen
Pridwin
Priest … Knight
Priest of the Blue-bag
Prig
Prima Donna (Italian)