Try not to hold every peccadillo against her. From LearnThat.org.
It is an action between friends, just as my silence on the subject of your peccadillo is a friendly action. From Wordnik.com. [The Gray Dawn] Reference
And how, exactly, do you sugarcoat the following as a "peccadillo". From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) Ms. POUNDSTONE: I don't know, you know, I have a silly peccadillo which is that I call body parts by their names. From Wordnik.com. [Panel Round Two] Reference
How often do you get to use the word peccadillo?. From Wordnik.com. [In the nowhere of the blogosphere....] Reference
It is not easy to render this term by a short and apt English term; "peccadillo" would come near the meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation] Reference
But Oscar passed from peccadillo to evil feelings. From Wordnik.com. [A Start in Life] Reference
You can put that little peccadillo down to Wilfred. From Wordnik.com. [She Closed Her Eyes] Reference
His only peccadillo is that he is 'husband' to three wives. From Wordnik.com. [Polygamy: Loading The Barrels To Ignite the Right] Reference
The peccadillo pawed the ground, getting ready to charge them. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
The peccadillo of a soldier is a crime in a general, and vice-versa. From Wordnik.com. [Modeste Mignon] Reference
The peccadillo on his part had been very small, but he must be assured. From Wordnik.com. [John Caldigate] Reference
Is this a personal peccadillo or are Uefa keeping them secret from you?. From Wordnik.com. [Bursaspor v Manchester United - as it happened] Reference
But I do wonder if it's more a peccadillo than some kind of ethical felony. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Michaelson: It's Not Just Tiger: Monogamous Marriage Is An Anomaly] Reference
Rain, exposure at dewfall on the searocks, a peccadillo at my time of life. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
The detection of my next peccadillo was not followed by such baneful effects. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of an Etonian] Reference
Nor, for that matter, was I aware that my peccadillo was known to my enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Copper Tears]
Hm. The problem is not how to keep a peccadillo decently veiled in hypocrisy. From Wordnik.com. [A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows]
FOREMAN: John McCain was not pleased to get the poli for possible past peccadillo. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2008] Reference
School, where I was a boarder, and I was whipped the next morning for my peccadillo. From Wordnik.com. [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference
Imagine espousing anti-abortion stands then if your in a peccadillo, you push for an abortion. From Wordnik.com. [When Republicans Attack (Each Other)] Reference
He would be down on some little public peccadillo of mine before I had swallowed my first egg. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Clerks] Reference
If one can lose popular support over a peccadillo, then one's effectiveness is clearly hobbled. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Tinges of peccadillo, a touch here and there of larcenous desire, and a wisp of dishonesty, yes. From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
And you had these special-interest groups out there combing through the nominee's past for any peccadillo. From Wordnik.com. [Judge the Judge] Reference
The youthful peccadillo that had landed her briefly in the juvenile court was something buried in the mists of time. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Gossip]
These things happen, but what irks me most is that Spitzer's peccadillo pushed the real news right off the front page. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Grossman: Spitzer v. Fallon: Tales of a Prostituted Press] Reference
Putting aside the governor's monetary extravagance and weird sexuality, we may examine the fallout from this peccadillo. From Wordnik.com. [Joan Z. Shore: Sex in High Places] Reference
Beers Corporation, and "no mean judge of a situation," our newspaper stated in substantiation of his Piccadilly peccadillo. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
Then there was the melodious cry of a lady bird to the north, and the peccadillo flew off to have something to do with her. From Wordnik.com. [Faun & Games]
All the amendments, however, were adopted as early as 1753, except the correction of a grammatical peccadillo in the ninth stanza. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850] Reference
But no sooner was he raised a step, than committing some fresh peccadillo, he was compelled to desert in order to avoid punishment. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829] Reference
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