noun
1: A safe. Also pete-box. Cf. peter
D. Runyon This is a very soft pete. It is old-fashioned, and you can open it with a toothpick (1938).
2: Nitroglycerine, used for safe-breaking. (1931 — 48).
[See peter
| pervo, perv, perp | |
| pete-man, peter, peterman |
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