Lexicographical Neighbors of Peyses
Literary usage of Peyses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1877)
"310, gallant, lover; mistress, ii. 45. peyses, i. 48, pieces. Parde, ii. 41 ;
perdie, verily (par Dieu). ..."
2. Old English Ballads by Francis Barton Gummere (1894)
"... pistol. pety, pity. peyses, pieces. pin, ' the metal peg under a knocker,'
Furnivall. pine, pain, torture. ///, pitten, put. plate-jack, coat of mail. ..."
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