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 Peacock’s Feather Unlucky’ (A).Peal. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Peak (The),
 
Derbyshire. “The Queen of Scots’ Pillar” is a column in the cave of the peak as clear as alabaster, and so called because Mary Queen of Scots proceeded thus far, and then returned.   1
 


 Peacock’s Feather Unlucky’ (A).Peal. 

 
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