¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peapod
1. the seed case of a pea [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peapod
Literary usage of Peapod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralist by Vic Campbell (1992)
"About the only one that didn't know was Mr. peapod, who owned the dog. Rud-
yard "Rud" peapod and his wife, Martha, lived in a farmhouse, not a half mile ..."
2. Josh Billings' Old Farmer's Allminax, 1870-1879: Wtih Comic Illustrationsby Josh Billings, Henry Wheeler Shaw by Josh Billings, Henry Wheeler Shaw (1902)
"... Col peapod born 1500 ril = * Col peapod waz a Korporal ^95 If Q wind sharp
ITl Q now lay in yure winter kats ..."
3. British Columbia Pilot by United States Hydrographic Office (1920)
"peapod Rocks are a cluster of small rocks extending about 1 mile in a general
northeast and southwest direction, parallel with and a little over \ mile from ..."
4. Temptation; Or, The Unknown Heiress by John Frederick Smith (1855)
"Upon inquiring the cause, they were informed by a waiter who was in a tremendous
hurry, that Lord peapod was entertaining his friends with one of the finest ..."
5. Words and Their Ways in English Speech by James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1901)
"The English squash means an 'unripe peapod' (or 'peascod'), and is connected with
the verb squash, ' to crush'; the latter probably coming (through the Old ..."
6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1865)
"... and the flat shield of the moonwort, and a peapod, and more whose names I know
not. But should they all be seed and fruit?” “Yea, truly, my Stina, ..."
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