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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Peter Peebles

Peter Peebles' Lawsuit. In Sir Walter Scott's novel of Redgauntlet. Peter is a litigious hardhearted drunkard, poor as a churchmouse, and a liar to the backbone. His “ganging plea” is Hogarthian comic, as Carlyle says.

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