/ · 1894 Brewer’s · P · Petronel
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Sir Petronel Flash. A braggadocio, a tongue-doughty warrior.
“Give your scholler degrees and your lawyer his fees,
And some dice for Sir Petronell Flash.”
Brit. Bibl.
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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.