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peccadillo

[pek-uh-dil-oh] / ˌpɛk əˈdɪl oʊ /


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"Scotland has one peccadillo and that is Cardinal O'Brien," he says.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

Yet he is likely soon to be sworn in, admitting only to the peccadillo of “résumé embellishment” when really what he seems to have done is “made up almost everything about his biography.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023

A love of disinformation is the peccadillo that springs from bigotry, not the other way around.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2022

But at L.S.U., about the only unpardonable peccadillo is failing to win.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2021

Soon after, to prove his repentance of some new peccadillo, Guillaume gave certain dismes to the monks and priests of St. Hilaire, with the use of the forest of Moulière.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart




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