peculiars

Tbefe are therefore called peculiars, and are of feveral forts.

Ecclesiastical Law 1797

The Primate established his right to these "peculiars," and the right obtained until the last century, when all such holdings were abolished by law.

Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See Hubert C. Corlette

If we may judge by that expression of his, which you were pleased with at the time; ‘That upon true quality, and hereditary distinction, if good sense were not wanting, humour sat as easy as his glove;’ that, with as familiar an air, was his familiar expression; ‘while none but the prosperous upstart, MUSHROOMED into rank, (another of his peculiars,) was arrogantly proud of it.’ —

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

The praise thou givest to her ingenuousness, is another of thy peculiars.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

I know thou likest this lively present-tense manner, as it is one of my peculiars.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

My peculiars, particularly Miss Howe, would give it that turn; and I myself could mean nothing by it, but to see if it would be accepted in order to strengthen my own arguments against Mr. Solmes.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

But all this is still outdone at least in show, by two articles, which are the peculiars of this fair, and do not begin till the other part of the fair, that is to say for the woollen manufacture begins to draw to a close.

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

But all this is still outdone at least in show, by two articles, which are the peculiars of this fair, and do not begin till the other part of the fair, that is to say for the woollen manufacture begins to draw to a close.

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

I always hated what Londoners called with such wry pride their “particulars,” their “peculiars,” their “pea soupers,” like the beaming parents of some uncontrollable and pathologically destructive brat.

A Monstrous Regiment of Women King, Laurie R. 1995

I always hated what Londoners called with such wry pride their “particulars,” their “peculiars,” their “pea soupers,” like the beaming parents of some uncontrollable and pathologically destructive brat.

A Monstrous Regiment of Women King, Laurie R. 1995