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- noun Plural form of
petersham .
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October term, and a small cluster of gownsmen are gathered round to make their several recognitions of returning friends, in spite of shawls, cloaks, petershams, patent gambroons, and wrap-rascals, in which they are enveloped; while our fresh-comer's attention is divided between their sable "curtains" and solicitude for his bags and portmanteau.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 530, January 21, 1832 Various
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