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Definition of Peggy
1. Proper noun. (diminutive=Margaret female given name), also used as a formal given name. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peggy
1. a small warbler [n PEGGIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peggy
Literary usage of Peggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"My Peggy speaks sae sweetly Whene'er we meet alane, I wish nae mair to lay my
... My Peggy smiles sae kindly Whene'er I whisper love, That I look down on a' ..."
2. English Poetry (1170-1892). by John Matthews Manley (1907)
"8 My Peggy speaks sae sweetly Whene'er we meet alane, I wish nae mair to lay ...
16 My Peggy smiles sae kindly Whene'er I whisper love, That I look- down on ..."
3. English Poetry: In Three Volumes ; with Introduction and Notes (1910)
"My Peggy speaks sae sweetly Whene'er we meet alane, I wish nae mair to lay my
... My Peggy smiles sae kindly Whene'er I whisper love, That I look down on a' ..."
4. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years by Solomon Smith (1868)
"First Appearance of Miss Peggy. Mr. Cooper, then the leading tragedian of this
country, ... Peggy had never before seen the inside of a playhouse. ..."
5. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"But Peggy was quite mistaken. Charles read her letter through several ...
Of course Peggy did not write, "Dr. Johnson said that he loved me passionately. ..."
6. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"Peggy BROWNE. From the Irish of O'Carolan. Oh, dark, sweetest girl, are my days
doomed to be, While my heart bleeds in silence and sorrow for thee: In the ..."
7. A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois by Christiana Holmes Tillson (1919)
"Peggy she says she despises to make mush, it is such a spite to clean the ...
When I go to the crock for milk, Peggy tells me to blow back the cream. ..."
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