Pecksniff

Have you heard him speak of late of any relative of mine or his, called Pecksniff?

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

Kean -- S.C. Hall as "Pecksniff" -- James Silk Buckingham and the

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

Kean -- S.C. Hall as "Pecksniff" -- James Silk Buckingham and the

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

Have you heard him speak of late of any relative of mine or his, called Pecksniff?

Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

"Pecksniff" for other and more serious purposes than the baiting of Mr. Hall and his little ways, as when, in 1844, he made this biting onslaught on the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel:

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

_Martin Chuzzlewit_, and "Pecksniff" was a local worthy whom he grossly and unpardonably caricatured.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

Leech's drawing of, 202, 203; and "Pecksniff," 290; and Hood's pension, 336;

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

The "Pecksniff" papers, as already stated, very nearly involved _Punch_ in its first libel action.

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

Barely waiting for Elinor to withdraw, "Pecksniff" had turned on Folsom.

Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. Charles King 1888

Reduced to a shadow, the garrison at Fort Emory might reasonably have been excused, by this time, from the ceremony of mounting a guard, consisting practically of ten privates, three of whom wore the cavalry jacket; but old "Pecksniff" was determined to keep up some show of state.

Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. Charles King 1888