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And so 'tis my wife has peached, and not I; and this was the sum of our conversation, as the carriage, all too swiftly as I thought, galloped towards Hampstead, and flew back again.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Dick Hearne has peached on the whole gang, and from the boss down you're all in for a term in stir.

From The Mardi Gras Mystery by Bedford-Jones, H. (Henry)

Tompkins has peached, and they sent fifty pheasants up in Ruddles’s cart this morning; but the old rascal’s locked up, and—hum!

From Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season by Fenn, George Manville