Pieʹtro (2 syl.).

The putative father of Pompilʹia, criminally assumed as his child to prevent certain property from passing to an heir not his own. (Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book, ii. 580.) (See Ring.)

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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.

Pie Poudre
Piebald
Pied de la Lettre (Au)
Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pierre
Pierrot [peer-ro]
Piers
Piers Plowman
Pieta
Pietists
Pietro
Pig (The)
Pig
Pig-back, Picka-back
Pig-eyes
Pig Hunt (A)
Pig-iron
Pig and Tinderbox
Pig and Whistle
Pig in a Poke (A)
Pigs