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  • peer
    See PEAR.
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  • peel-head
    [Car.; cf. Sra, piri-ede (lit, peeled head) bald head (Echteld 163); the considerable seman-tic jump from peel, to strip something
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  • peeled string
     [cf. STRING] n. a style of plaiting STRAW ¹ (Wyannie Malone Museum).
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  • peel, peeled
    [cf. W Car, peel to shave; see PEEL-HEAD ] adj. bald: 1918 An' he flog B'o' Boukee wi' dat (rod)
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  • pee-a-bed
    See PISS-A-BED.
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  • peasy, peasie
    [Gni. idem (Stewart p.c.); cf. PEAS a tight curl but cf. also Car. Sp. pasa pe/o de negro, de rizo
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  • peas tree
    cf. TREE plant] n. a pea or bean plant: My peas tree ain't do good this year (Andros). (Black)
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  • peas(e) and grits
    n. 1. a traditional dish, made of PIGEON PEAS and hominy GRITS cooked together: Most people does like the pease
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  • peas(e)
    n. 1. [Atlantic; OED, singular form was peas(e) until c. 1600, when new sing. pea arose (cf. Fr. pois, pease
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  • pearl edge
    [W3 pearl Brit. to finish an edge with picot (small ornamental loops)] n. a style of plaiting STRAW', leaving one
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