Peter Porʹcupine.

William Cobbett, when he was a Tory. We have Peter Porcupine’s Gazette and the Porcupine Papers, in twelve volumes. (1762–1835.)

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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.

Pescecola
Pessimist
Petard
Petaud
Peter
Peter Botte Mountain
Peter Parley
Peter Peebles
Peter-pence
Peter Pindar
Peter Porcupine
Peter Wilkins
Peter of Provence
Peter the Great
Peter the Hermit (in Tasso)
Peter the Wild Boy
Peterboat
Peterborough (Northamptonshire)
Peterloo
Petit-Maître
Petit Serjeantry