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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Peceavi

To cry peceavi. To acknowledge oneself in the wrong. It is said that Sir Charles Napier, after the battle of Hyderabad, in 1843, used this word as a pun upon his victory —Peceavi (I have sinned, i.e. Sinde).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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