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Pepys


Pepys [peeps, peps, pee-pis, pep-is] Examples noun

  1. Samuel,1633–1703, English diarist and naval official.

Related formsPepys·i·an [peep-see-uh n, pep-] /ˈpip si ən, ˈpɛp-/, adjective Examples from the Web for pepys Historical Examples of pepys

  • The names of the artists who won Mr. Pepys’ applause have not come down to us.

    Art in England

    Dutton Cook

  • If anybody asks me why I like Pepys, I do not feel obliged to reply.

    Confessions of a Book-Lover

    Maurice Francis Egan

  • And so home, as Pepys would have said, to breakfast, feeling depressed.

    Love Among the Chickens

    P. G. Wodehouse

  • With Knollys and Sandys we may put Pepys, for the existence of the dims.

    The Romance of Names

    Ernest Weekley

  • Mr. Pepys would find boats there now if he visited the spot.

    Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853

    Various

  • British Dictionary definitions for pepys Pepys noun

    1. Samuel. 1633–1703, English diarist and naval administrator. His diary, which covers the period 1660–69, is a vivid account of London life through such disasters as the Great Plague, the Fire of London, and the intrusion of the Dutch fleet up the Thames
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