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- noun Plural form of
peccadillo .
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Examples
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Though the figures are the size of a matchbook, they address our life-sized peccadilloes and imbroglios.
James Scarborough: PHOTOS: 'Paint Tube People' Use Every Part Of The Paint Tube James Scarborough 2011
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Though the figures are the size of a matchbook, they address our life-sized peccadilloes and imbroglios.
James Scarborough: PHOTOS: 'Paint Tube People' Use Every Part Of The Paint Tube James Scarborough 2011
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After all, what usually makes the fans fanatics are those little peccadilloes that we never think make the difference in winning and losing...but why tempt fate right?
Joe Favorito: Scorecasting: A Good Read, Whether We Need It or Not Joe Favorito 2011
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Sexual "diversity" may be the civil rights issue of the future but most normal people wish they would get a life which revolves around something more than their own peccadilloes.
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To him no doubt more than one puisne judge, suffragan bishop, member of parliament, or cabinet minister today owe their careers, and each and every one of their youthful peccadilloes went with Arthur to his grave, which, incidentally, is under a pretty gum tree on the southeast side of the Bulpadock.
The Earth Goddess 2009
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After all, what usually makes the fans fanatics are those little peccadilloes that we never think make the difference in winning and losing...but why tempt fate right?
Joe Favorito: Scorecasting: A Good Read, Whether We Need It or Not Joe Favorito 2011
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McGillion was masterful in hiding Ward's peccadilloes, including his three-day disappearance during the Palm Sunday Massacre.
Len Levitt: The Feds' Leak Investigation: Probe or Payback? Len Levitt 2011
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McGillion was masterful in hiding Ward's peccadilloes, including his three-day disappearance during the Palm Sunday Massacre.
Len Levitt: The Feds' Leak Investigation: Probe or Payback? Len Levitt 2011
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News editors, TV executives, and publishers insist that the alleged foibles and peccadilloes of celebrities, even those that wear the mantle of the presidency, and now in the case of Michelle, their wives, are fair game for exposure.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Dumping on The Obamas Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2012
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That might result in a wholly different problem, of course, as overzealous regulators tried to make their bonuses by going after small-potatoes corporate peccadilloes, rather than spotting potentially systemic crises.
FCIC report: What if the SEC paid like Goldman Sachs? Jena McGregor 2011
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