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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peach \Peach\, verb (used without an object) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or Colloq.]
If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), noun [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf. {Persian}, and {Parsee}.] (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it ({Prunus Persica} syn. {Amygdalus Persica}). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
{Guinea peach}, or {Sierra Leone peach}, the large edible berry of the {Sarcocephalus esculentus}, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
{Palm peach}, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa}).
{Peach color}, the pale red color of the peach blossom.
{Peach-tree borer} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a clearwing moth ({[AE]geria exitiosa}, or {Sannina, exitiosa}) of the family {[AE]geriid[ae]}, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under {Borer}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), verb (used with an object) [See {Appeach}, {Impeach}.] To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] --Foxe.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
peach
noun
1: cultivated in temperate regions [syn: {peach tree}, {Prunus persica}]
2: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: {smasher}, {stunner}, {knockout}, {beauty}, {ravisher}, {sweetheart}, {lulu}, {looker}, {mantrap}, {dish}]
3: downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
4: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: {yellowish pink}, {apricot}, {salmon pink}]
verb: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: {spill the beans}, {let the cat out of the bag}, {talk}, {tattle}, {blab}, {babble}, {sing}, {babble out}, {blab out}] [ant: {keep quiet}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "peach": Miss America, ace, apricot, babble, bathing beauty, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bear witness against, beau ideal, beaut, beauty, beauty contest winner, beauty queen, belle, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blow the whistle, blurt, blurt out, bunny, carrot-colored, carroty, charmer, corker, cover girl, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, darb, dazzler, dilly, dream, enchantress, fink, give away, great beauty, honey, humdinger, inform, inform against, inform on, killer-diller, knockout, lady fair, leak, let drop, let fall, let slip, lollapaloosa, looker, lulu, model, narc, nark, nifty, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, old gold, orange, orange-hued, orange-red, orangeish, orangey, paragon, pearl, pinup, pinup girl, pip, pippin, pumpkin, pussycat, rat, raving beauty, red-orange, reddish-orange, reddish-yellow, reigning beauty, reveal a secret, sell out, sex kitten, sing, slick chick, snitch, snitch on, spill, spill the beans, squeak, squeal, stool, stunner, sweetheart, talk, tangerine, tattle, tattle on, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, testify against, the nuts, turn informer, whiz
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Peach -- U.S. County in Georgia Population (2000): 23668 Housing Units (2000): 9093 Land area (2000): 151.058459 sq. miles (391.239596 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.398603 sq. miles (1.032378 sq. km) Total area (2000): 151.457062 sq. miles (392.271974 sq. km) Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13 Location: 32.573982 N, 83.835036 W Headwords: Peach Peach, GA Peach County Peach County, GA
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