Petty Cuʹry (Cambridge)

means “The Street of Cooks.” It is called Parva Cokeʹria in a deed dated 13 Edward III. Probably at one time it was part of the Market Hall. It is a mistake to derive Cury from Ecurie. Dr. Pegge derives it from curaʹre, to cure or dress food.

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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.

Petrarch
Petrel
Petrified
Petrobrussians or Petrobrusians
Petronel
Petruchio
Petticoat
Petticoat Government
Petticoat and Gown
Petto
Petty Cury (Cambridge)
Peutingerian Map
Peveril of the Peak
Pewter
Phædria [wantonness]
Phaeton
Phalanx
Phalaris
Phaleg
Phantom Ship
Phaon