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Pea Puns
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Act 3,
Scene 1
Lines 179-183

An explanation of the pea-related puns in Act 3, Scene 1 of myShakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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make bold with you. — Your name, honest gentleman?

Peaseblossom

Peaseblossom.

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I pray you, commend me to Mistress Squash, your
mother, and to Master Peascod, your father. Good
Master Peaseblossom, I shall desire you of more

A peaseblossom is the flower of the pea plant, a peascod is a pea pod, and squash referred to a not-yet-fully-grown pea pod.