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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Peep-o'-Day Boys

The Irish insurgents of 1784; so called because they used to visit the houses of their opponents (called defenders) at peep of day searching for arms or plunder.

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