peel
verb (used with object)
to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc..
Peelite
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a word derived from
Peel.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Gladstone, who was the most distinguished Peelite in the Cabinet, certainly could not, up to this period, be suspected of lukewarmness in the prosecution of the war.
From The Grand Old Man by Richard B. (Richard Briscoe) Cook
To the Palmerstonians he ought at the most to have been only a Peelite; to the Liberals at worst only a Palmerstonian.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
The Peelite colleagues whose advice he sought were all, with the single exception of the Duke of Newcastle, more or less unconditionally adverse.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by John Morley
They are able to look along his whole track, and seeing him from behind, know him as a Peelite, a follower of Aberdeen, a Palmerstonian, a Russellite, and a Radical.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
Young England or Peelite, this is all right and noble.
From Yeast: a Problem by Charles Kingsley
