Peace-makers (The).

The nickname of the Bedfordshire regiment. So called from having no battles on the colours.

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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.

Pax
Pay (sea term)
Pay (To)
Pay (To)
Pay (To)
Pay off old Scores (To)
Pay with the Roll of the Drum (To)
Paynising
Pea-jacket (A)
Peace
Peace-makers (The)
Peace of Antalcidas (The)
Peace of God
Peace with Honour
Peaceful (The)
Peach
Peacock
Peacock’s Feather Unlucky (A)
Peak (The)
Peal
Pearl (The)