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pek-uh-DIL-o
noun
a minor infraction or offense
1913Shallow SoilThe fact that she was conspiring with him to hide this peccadillo, that from now on they would have a sort of secret together, filled him with a warm pleasure.1924The White MonkeyDEAR MR. FORSYTE.—Perhaps you will be good enough to tell the Board at the meeting on Tuesday that I am on my way to immunity from the consequences of any peccadillo I may have been guilty of.1986Marooned In RealtimeBut Derek Lindemann's crime was a peccadillo, laughable, hardly worth Wil's attention.Labels: John Galsworthy, Knut Hamsun, Vernor Vinge
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