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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
: P
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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P
P.C
P., P.P., P.P.P
P.P.C
P.S
P's and Q's
Pabana
Pacific Ocean
Packing a Jury
Pacolet
Pactolus
Padding
Paddington Fair
Paddle Your Own Canoe
Paddock
Paddi-whack
Paddy
Padua
Paduasoy
Paean
Pagan
Pagan Works of Art
Page
Pagoda
Paint
Paint the Lion
Painter
Painter of the Graces
Painter of Nature
Painters and Artists
Painting
Pair Off
Paishdadian Dynasty
Paix
Pal
Palace
Paladin
Palaemon
Palais des Thermes
Palamedes of Lombardy
Palamon and Arcite
Palatinate
Palaver
Pale
Pale Faces
Palemon
Palermo Razors
Pales
Palestine Soup
Palestra
Palestrina
Paletot
Palimpsest
Palindrome
Palinode
Palinurus
Palissy Ware
Pall
Pall-bearers
Pall Mall
Pallace
Palladium
Pallas
Pallet
Palliate
Palm
Palm Off
Palm Oil
Palm Tree
Palmer
Palmerin of England
Palmy Days
Palsy
Paludamentum
Pam
Pamela
Pampas
Pamper
Pamphlet
Pamphyle
Pan
Panace'a
Panama
Pancake
Pancaste
Pancras
Pandarus
Pandects of Justinian
Pandemonium
Pander
Pandora's Box
Panel
Pangloss
Panic
Panjandrum
Pantables
Pantagruel'
Pantagruelion
Pantagruelion Herb
Pantaloon
Pantechnicon
Panthe'a
Pantheon
Panther
Panthera
Pantile Shop
Pantomime
Panton Gates
Pantry
Panurge
Panyer Stone
Pap
Papa
Papal Slippers
Paper
Paper a House
Paper King
Paper Marriages
Paper-stainer
Paphian
Papimany
Papyra
Papyri
Par
Paracelsists
Paraclete
Paradise
Paradise Lost
Paradise Regained
Paradise Shoots
Paradise of Fools
Paradise and the Peri
Parallel
Paramatta
Parapet
Paraphernalia
Parasite
Parc aux Cerfs
Parchment
Pardon Bell
Pardouneres Tale
Pari Passu
Parian Chronicle
Parian Verse
Parias
Paridel
Paris
Paris-Garden
Parish Registers
Parisian
Parisian Wedding
Parisienne
Parisina
Parizade
Parkership
Parks
Parlance
Parlement
Parliament
Parliament Soldiers
Parliament of Bats
Parliament of Dunces
Parliamentarian
Parlour
Parlous
Parmenianists
Parmesan'
Parnassos
Parochial
Parody
Parole
Parolles
Parr
Parricide
Parrot-coal
Parsees
Parsley
Parson
Parson Adams
Parson Bate
Parson Trulliber
Parsons
Part
Partant pour la Syrie
Parthenia
Parthenope
Parthenopean Republic
Parti
Particular Baptists
Particularists
Parting
Parting Cup
Partington
Partlet
Partridge
Partridge's Day
Partula
Parturiunt Montes
Party
Party Spirit
Parvenu'
Parvis
Parviz'
Parysatis
Pascal's Thoughts
Pasch Eggs
Pasha of Three Tails
Pasque Eggs
Pasquinade
Pass
Passe Brewell
Passe-partout
Passelourdin
Passelyon
Passing Bell
Passing Fair
Passing Rich
Passion Flower
Passionists
Passover
Passy-measure
Passy-measure Pavin
Pasteboard
Paston Letters
Pastorale of Pope Gregory
Patavinity
Patch
Patelin
Patelinage
Patent Rolls
Pater Noster
Pater Patrum
Paternoster Row
Pathfinder
Patience cry the Lepers
Patient
Patient Grisel
Patin
Patina
Patmos
Patois
Patri-Passians
Patrician
Patrick
Patrick's Cave
Patrick's Cross
Patrick's Grave
Patrick's Monument
Patrick's Purgatory
Patrick and the Serpent
Patrico
Patroclos
Patten
Pattens-Money
Patter
Pattern
Pattieson
Paul
Paul Pry
Paul and Virginia
Paul the Hermit
Paul of the Cross
Paul's Man
Paul's Pigeons
Paul's Walkers
Paulianists
Paulicians
Paulina
Paulo
Pavan
Pavilion of Prince Ahmed
Pawnbroker
Pawnee
Pax
Pay
Pay off old Scores
Pay with the Roll of the Drum
Paynising
Pea-jacket
Peace
Peace-makers
Peace of Antalcidas
Peace of God
Peace with Honour
Peaceful
Peach
Peacock
Peacock's Feather Unlucky
Peak
Peal
Pearl
Pearl of the East
Peasant Bard
Peasant-boy Philosopher
Peasants' War
Peascod
Pec
Peceavi
Peck
Pecker
Peckham:
Pecksniff
Peculiar
Peculiars
Peculium
Pecuniary
Pedagogue
Pedlar
Pedlar's Acre
Pedlars' French
Peebles
Peel
Peeler
Peep
Peep-o'-Day Boys
Peeping Tom of Coventry
Peerage of the Apostles
Peers of the Realm
Peg
Peg too Low
Pegasos
Pegg
Pegging Away
Peine Forte et Dure
Pelagianism
Pelagius
Pelf
Pelias
Pelican
Pelides
Pelion
Pell-mell
Pellean Conqueror
Pelleas
Pells
Pelops
Pelorus Cape di Faro,
Pelos
Pelt
Pen Name
Pen and Feather
Penang Lawyers
Penates
Pencil of Rays
Pendennis
Pendente Lite
Pendragon
Penelope
Penelophon
Penelva
Penetralia
Penfeather
Peninsular War
Penitential Psalms
Penmanship
Ponmanship
Pennals
Pennalism
Pennant
Penniless
Penny
Penny-a-liner
Penny Dredfuls
Penny-father
Penny Gaff
Penny Hop
Penny Lattice-house
Penny Pots
Penny Readings
Penny Saved
Penny Weddings
Penny Wise
Pennyroyal
Pennyweight
Pennyworth
Pension
Pensioners
Pentacle
Pentapolin
Pentapolis
Pentateuch
Pentecost
Penthesile'a
Penthouse
Pentreath
Peony
People
People's Charter
Pepper
Pepper Gate
Pepper-and-Salt
Peppercorn Rent
Peppy Bap
Per Saltum
Perceforest
Perceval
Percinet
Percy
Perdita
Perdrix, toujours Perdrix
Pere Duchene
Pere la Chaise
Peregrine
Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Pickle
Perfectionists
Perfide Albion!
Perfume
Perfumed Terms of the Time
Peri
Pericles
Pericles' Boast
Perillo Swords
Perillos and the Brazen Bull
Perilous Castle
Perion
Peripatetics
Peris
Perissa
Periwig
Periwinkle
Perk
Perkunos
Permian Strata
Pernelle
Perpendiculars
Perpetual Motion
Pers
Persecutions
Persepolis
Perseus
Persevere
Persian Alexander
Persian Bucephalos
Person
Persona Grata
Perth
Peru
Peruvian Bark
Peruke
Pescecoia
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
Peter the Wild Boy
Peterboat
Peterborough
Peterloo
Petit-Maitre
Petit Serjeantry
Petitio Principii
Petitioners and Abhorrers
Petrarch
Petrel
Petrified
Petrobrussians
Petronel
Petruchio
Petticoat
Petticoat Government
Petticoat and Gown
Petto
Petty Cury
Peutingerian Map
Peveril of the Peak
Pewter
Phædria
Phaeton
Phalanx
Phalaris
Phaleg
Phantom Ship
Phaon
Pharamond
Pharaoh
Pharaoh
Pharaoh who Knew not Joseph
Pharaoh who made Joseph his Viceroy
Pharaoh's Chicken
Pharaoh's Daughter
Pharian Fields
Pharisees
Pharos
Pharsalia
Pheasant
Phebe
Phelis
Phenomenon
Phidias
Phigalian Marbles
Philadelphia Stones
Philander
Philandering
Philanthropist
Philemon
Philip
Philip Nye
Philip Quarl
Philippe Egalite
Philippic
Philippius
Philips
Philisides
Philistines
Philistinism
Phillis
Philoclea
Philoctetes
Philomel
Philomelus
Philopoemen
Philosopher
Philosopher with the Golden Thigh
Philosopher's Egg
Philosopher's Stone
Philosopher's Tree
Philosophers
Philosophy
Philotime
Philoxenos of Cythera
Philoxenos of Leucadia
Philter
Phineus
Phiz
Phlegethon
Phlegra
Phlogiston
Phocensian Despair
Phocion
Phoebe
Phoebus
Phoenix
Phoenix Alley
Phoenix Park
Phoenix Period
Phoenix Theatre
Phoenix Tree
Phooka
Phorcos
Phormio
Phrygians
Phryne
Phylactery
Phyllis
Phyllis and Brunetta
Phyllising the Fair
Phynnodderee
Physician
Physician or Fool
Physician, heal Thyself
Physignathos
Piarists
Pic-nic
Picador
Picards
Picaroon
Picatrix
Piccadilly
Piccinists
Pick
Pick Straws
Pick a Hole in his Coat
Pickaninny
Pickelherringe
Pickers and Stealers
Pickle
Pickwick
Pickwickian
Picrochole
Picts
Picts' Houses
Picture
Picture Bible
Picture Galleries
Pictures
Pie
Pie Corner
Pie Poudre
Piebald
Pied de la Lettre
Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pierre
Pierrot
Piers
Piers Plowman
Pieta'
Pietists
Pietro
Pig
Pig-back
Pig-eyes
Pig Hunt
Pig-iron
Pig and Tinderbox
Pig and Whistle
Pig in a Poke
Pigs
Pigskin
Pigtails
Pigeon
Pigeon, Pigeons
Pigeon-English
Pigeon-hole
Pigeon-livered
Pigeon Pair
Pigg
Piggy-wiggy
Pightel
Pigmy
Pigsney
Pigwiggin
Pike's Head
Pikestaff
Pilate Voice
Pilate's Wife
Pilatus
Pilch
Pilcher
Pilgarlio
Pilgrim Fathers
Pilgrimage
Pillar Saints
Pillar to Post
Pillars of Heaven
Pillars of Hercules
Pillory
Pilot
Pilot Balloon
Pilot Fish
Pilot that weathered the Storm
Pilpay'
Pimlico
Pimlico
Pin
Pin Money
Pinabello
Pinchbeck
Pindar
Pindar and the Bees
Pindar of Wakefield
Pindaric Verse
Pinder
Pindorus
Pine-bender
Pink
Pink of Perfection
Piony or Peony
Piou-piou
Pious
Pip
Pipe
Pipe Rolls
Pipe of Peace
Pipeclay
Pipelet
Piper
Piper that Played before Moses
Piper's News
Piping Hot
Pippa Passes
Piraeus
Pirie's Chair
Pirithoos
Pis-aller
Pisanio
Piso's Justice
Pistol
Pistols
Pistris, Pistrix, Pristis
Pit-a-pat
Pitch
Pitch and Pay
Pitch into Him
Pitcher
Pitchers
Pithos
Pitri
Pitt Diamond
Pitt's Mark
Pitt's Pictures
Pittacus
Pittance
Pixies
Pixy-led
Place aux Dames
Placebo
Plagiarist
Plain
Plain Dealer
Plan of Campaign
Planets
Planet-struck
Plank
Plantagenet
Plaster of Paris
Plate
Platen
Plates
Platform
Plato
Plato and the Bees
Plato's Year
Platonic Bodies
Platonic Love
Platonic Puritan
Platonism
Platter with Two Eyes
Play
Play the Deuce
Played Out
Playing to the Gods
Please the Pigs
Pleased as Punch
Pleasure
Plebeians
Plebiscite
Pledge
Pleiades
Plet
Pleydell
Pliable
Pliny
Pliny's Doves
Plith
Plon-plon
Plot
Plotcock
Plough
Plough Monday
Plover
Plowden
Plowman
Pluck
Pluck his Goose
Plucked Pigeon
Plugson of Undershot
Plum
Plume Oneself
Plumes
Plumper
Plunger
Plus Ultra
Plush
Pluto
Plutonic Rocks
Plutus
Plymouth Brethren
Plymouth Cloak
Pocahontas
Pocket
Pocket an Insult
Pocket Borough
Pocket Judgment
Pocket Pistol
Poco
Pococurante
Pococurantism
Podgers
Podsnap
Podsnappery
Poe
Poet Squab
Poets
Poets' Corner
Poets Laureate
Poetaster
Poetical
Poetical Justice
Poetry on the Greek Model
Pogram
Poille
Poins
Point
Point-blank
Point d'Appui
Point de Judas
Point-devise
Points
Points of the Escutcheon
Poison
Poison Detectors
Poison of Khaibar
Poisoners
Poisson d'Avril
Poke
Pope Joan
Pope's Sermon
Pope's Tiara
Popefigland
Popinjay
Popish Plot
Poplar
Porcelain
Porch
Porcupine
Porcus
Porcus Literarum
Pork! Pork!
Pork
Porphyrion
Porridge
Port
Port Royal Society
Port Wine
Porte
Porteous Riot
Portia
Portland Stone
Portland Vase
Portmanteau Word
Portobello Arms
Portsoken Ward
Portuguese
Poser
Posse
Posse Comitatus
Posset
Post
Post Factum
Post Meridian
Post-mortem
Post-mortem Degree
Post Obit
Poste Restante
Posted
Posteriori
Posthumus
Posting-Bills
Posy
Pot
Pot-boilers
Pot-luck
Pot Paper
Pot-Pourri
Pot Valiant
Pot de Biere
Pot of Hospitality
Potage
Potato-bogle
Potato-bury
Potato-talk
Poteen
Pother
Pothooks
Potiphar's Wife
Pots
Potter
Potwallopers
Poult
Pound
Pound of Flesh
Poundtext
Pourceaugnac
Poussin
Pouting Place of Princes
Poverty ... Love
Powder
Poyning's Law
P.P., Clerk of this Parish
Praemonstratensian Monks
Praemunire
Pragmatic Sanction
Prairie Fever
Prating Sophists
Prayer-book Parade
Praying-wheels
Pre-Adamites
Pre-Raphaelites
Preacher
Prebend
Precarious
Preceptor
Precieuses Ridicules
Preciosa
Precious Stones
Precocious
Prelate
Preliminary Canter
Premier Pas
Premonstratensian
Prendre un Rat par la Queue
Prepense
Preposterous
Presbyterian
Prescott
Presents
Preserver
Press-money
Prester John
Prestige
Presto
Preston and his Mastiffs
Pretender
Pretext
Prettyman
Prevarication
Prevent
Previous Question
Priam
Priamond
Priapus
Prick-eared
Prick the Garter
Pride of the Morning
Pride's Purge
Pridwen
Pridwin
Priest ... Knight
Priest of the Blue-bag
Prig
Prima Donna
Prima Facie
Primary Colours
Prime
Primed
Primero
Primitive Fathers
Primrose
Primum Mobile
Primus
Prince
Prince of Wales
Prince Rupert's Drops
Prince's Peers
Princox
Prink
Printer's Devil
Printers Marks
Printing
Priori
Priscian's Head
Prisoner at the Bar
Prisoner of Chillon:
Prithu
Priuli
Privolvans'
Privy Council
Privy Seal
Pro and Con
Pro Tanto
Pro Tempore
Probate of a Will
Probe
Probole
Proces-Verbal
Procession of the Black Breeches
Proclaim on the Housetop
Procris
Procrustes' Bed
Procrustean
Prodigal
Prodigy
Profane
Profile
Profound
Prog
Progn'e
Progress
Projection
Proletaire
Proletariat
Prometheus
Promethean
Promethean Fire
Promethean Unguent
Prometheans
Promise of Odin
Promised Land
Pronesia
Proof
Proof Prints
Proof Spirit
Prooshan Blue
Propaganda
Proper Names used as Common Nouns
Property Plot
Prophesy upon Velvet
Prophet
Prophetess
Propositions
Props
Prorogue
Pro.'s
Proscenium
Proscription
Prose
Proselytes
Proserpina
Proserpine's Divine Calidore
Prosperity Robinson
Prospero
Protagoras of Abdera
Protean
Protectionist
Protector
Protesilaos
Protestant
Proteus
Prothalamion
Proto-martyr
Protocol
Protozo'a
Proud
Proudfute
Prout
Province
Provincial
Prudent Tree
Prudhomme
Prunello
Prussia
Prussian Blue
Prussic Acid
Psalm cv. 28
Psalms
Psalmist
Psalter of Tara
Psaphon's Birds
Psycarpax
Psyche
Psychography
Ptolemaic System
Public
Public-house Signs
Publicans of the New Testament
Pucelle
Puck
Pucka
Pudding
Pudding-time
Pudens
Puff
Puff-ball
Puffed Up
Pug
Pugna Porcorum
Puisne Judges
Pukwana
Pull
Pull Bacon
Pull Devil, Pull Baker
Pulling
Pumblechook
Pummel
Pump
Pumpernickel
Pun
Pun and Pickpocket
Punch
Punctual
Punctuality
Punctuation
Pundit
Punic Apple
Punic Faith
Punish a Bottle
Punjab
Pup
Purbeck
Purgatory
Puritani
Puritans
Purkinge's Figures
Purler
Purlieu
Purple
Purpure
Pursy, Pursiness
Pururavas and Urvasi
Puseyite
Puss
Puss in Boots
Put
Put the Cart before the Horse
Put up the Shutters
Putney and Mortlake Race
Putting on Frills
Putting on Side
Pygmalion
Pygmies
Pylades and Orestes
Pyramid
Pyramus
Pyrocles and Musidorus
Pyrodes
Pyrrha
Pyrrhic Dance
Pyrrhic Victory
Pyrrho
Pyrrhonian School
Pyrrhonism
Pythagoras
Pythagorean System
Pythian Games
Pythias
Python
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