Piers Plowman

[ peerz plou-muhn ]

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noun

( The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman ) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.

Flap-jack goes back to Piers Plowman, but has been obsolete in England for two centuries.

Similar forms are beau filtz, dear son, Piers Plowman, B. vii.

Priests are called 'goddes knyghtes' in Piers Plowman, B. xi.

Bayard was a colloquial name for a horse; see Piers Plowman, B. iv.

See the curious application of this text to the friars in Piers Plowman, B. xx.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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