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Definition of Peculating
1. peculate [v] - See also: peculate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peculating
Literary usage of Peculating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1846)
"The very peculating prince of good dishes, in my opinion," chimed in ... don't
be in such a peculating passion." his disappointment. ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1836)
"In one large parish, a man, by peculating the sixpences and shillings doled out
to the crowds of paupers, amassed a fortune of many thousand pounds, ..."
3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"... a certain Official over in Preussen has been peculating! In the end of June,
his Majesty sets off to Preussen on the usual Inspection Tour; ..."
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