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Peregrine Pickle

The hero of Smollett's novel so called. A savage, ungrateful spendthrift; fond of practical jokes to the annoyance of others, and suffering with evil temper the misfortunes brought on by his own wilfulness.

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