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What does Pecksniff mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A character in the Dickensian novel Martin Chuzzlewit, known for his great hypocrisy
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And even when I come to feel a final incompatibility of temper, Pecksniff was not so Pecksniffian as he has since become.
Miss Pecksniff only spoke to her Augustus, and to him in whispers.
Have you heard him speak of late of any relative of mine or his, called pecksniff?
His vinegary daughter Charity out of the way, Pecksniff began to persecute Mary more and more.
I don't want any more revenge,' said Miss Pecksniff, expressively.
They have failed to realise that the presence of a Pecksniff, say, or a Micawber would destroy the book's delicate balance.

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