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peel
a long-handled shovel used by bakers for moving bread, in an oven
Peel
1. John, real name John Robert Parker Ravenscroft. 1939--2005, British broadcaster; noted for his Radio 1 music programme and Radio 4's Home Truths
2. Sir Robert. 1788--1850, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1834--35; 1841--46). As Home Secretary (1828--30) he founded the Metropolitan Police and in his second ministry carried through a series of free-trade budgets culminating in the repeal of the Corn Laws (1846), which split the Tory party
peel, pele
In northern England and Scotland in the Middle Ages, a small, emergency defense structure, generally a low, fortified tower, usable as a dwelling place.
PEEL - Used to implement version of Emacs on PRIME computers.
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The Peel Towers are ancient structures that were built along the borders of England and Scotland.
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Mind you it must have been a lively spot, at one time, judging by the number of Peel Towers and Bastles and them much needed with the Scottish Border only a mile or two away and is bristling with Grahams, Elliots and Armstrongs and other merry thieves (I speak historically of course) but, after all, the `lifting' of livestock and `insight' was a perfectly respectable form of employment on the Border in those days.
Willy Poole column by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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