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 Piso’s Justice.Pis’tols. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Pistol.
 
Falstaff’s lieutenant or ancient; a bully, but a coward, a rogue, and always poor. (Shakespeare: 1 and 2 Henry IV.; Merry Wives of Windsor.)   1
 


 Piso’s Justice.Pis’tols. 

 
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