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peto [pey-toh] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural pe·tos, (especially collectively) pe·to. wahoo3. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of peto 1955–60; American Spanish; Spanish: breastplate Italian petto breast, breastplate Latin pectus breast Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for peto Historical Examples of peto
I have no brothers or sisters, but I have two dogs, Lassie and Peto.
Harper’s Young People, May 25, 1880
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Gadshill and Peto were uninteresting plebeians, only to be used when wanted.
Robert B. Brough
Messrs. Grissell and Peto constructed the line, at the cost of £10,000 per mile.
Charles Mackie
One of its whistling notes sounds very much like the peto note of the tufted titmouse and might easily deceive the listener.
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two
Arthur Bent
To Mr. Peto, an earnest seeker after truth, as befits his name, Mr. Tennant admitted that there was another reason.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916
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