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A nickname given to Sir Robert Peel when Chief Secretary for Ireland (1812–1818), on account of his strong anti - Catholic proclivities. (See above, and Orangeman.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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