Peter Cooper
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~ United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)
Peter Carl Faberge
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~ Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920)
Peter Behrens
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~ German architect known for his simple utilitarian factory buildings (1868-1940)
Peter Pan
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~ a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up
Peter Lorre
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~ United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964)
Peter Pan collar
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~ a flat collar with rounded ends that meet in front
Peter Pan
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~ the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up
Peter Minnewit
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~ Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638)
Peter Paul Mauser
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~ German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
Peter O'Toole
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~ British actor (born in Ireland in 1932)
peter out
— Verb
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~ use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
peter out
— Verb
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~ end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
Peter's gland
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~ any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon
Peter's pence
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~ an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see
peterburg
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~ a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia