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- proper noun A
diminutive of the malegiven name Peter .
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Examples
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Surely Petey is not upset that some college kid with a trust-fund and a BMW (surprisingly, the non-Ivy Leaguers are worse in this regard) may have trouble parking his car.
Matthew Yglesias » Parking Minimums and Income Distribution 2009
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In this as in most things, Petey is utterly clueless.
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January 10th, 2010 at 9: 06 pm it turns out Petey is Elizabeth Edwards.
Matthew Yglesias » Dowd: Obama Should Act Like “Strong Father Who Protects the Home from Invaders” 2010
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January 11th, 2010 at 1: 03 am it turns out Petey is Elizabeth Edwards.
Matthew Yglesias » Dowd: Obama Should Act Like “Strong Father Who Protects the Home from Invaders” 2010
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Since Petey is AWOL, I have to say that only a trust fund scumbag would care more about French cheese than honest American beef.
Matthew Yglesias » Bush’s Cheese Tarriffs and the Trouble With “Buy American” 2009
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Essentially, Petey is bluntly refusing to reciprocate, his articulations exhibiting or revealing a complete lack of care and thereby denying the accord required for the conversation to progress beyond banal niceties.
Archive 2008-09-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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Is it safe to assume Petey is out of the question as well?
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Essentially, Petey is bluntly refusing to reciprocate, his articulations exhibiting or revealing a complete lack of care and thereby denying the accord required for the conversation to progress beyond banal niceties.
Notes on Strange Fiction: Narrative's Function (3) Hal Duncan 2008
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The difference, Petey, is that everyone in the NBA recognizes and tolerates the intentional foul in the last minutes of a close game.
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The problem with that analogy, Petey, is that Edwards has to run in the same primary as the others.
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