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261. Peregrin a, La. See Avellaneda y Arteaga . Peregrine Pickle (per'e-grin pik'l), The Adventures of. A novel by Smollett, published in 1751. Peregrine is a handsome profligate sowing his wild oats, disliked by his mother who devotes herself to her younger son Gamaliel or Gam, a deformed but equally villainous scoundrel. Peregrine is adopted by Commodore Trunnion, his uncle, and the humors of the latter and Lieutenant Jack Hatchway are unsurpa ed. Peregrin us Proteus (per-e-gri'nus prō'tē-us). Died 165 A. D. youth spent in debauchery and crime, he became a Christian and afterward a Cynic philosopher. He burned him self alive at Olympia during the Olympic games in 165. He is represented by Lucian as a profligate and crazy quack. He is the subject of a romance by Wiel and.