piers

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So think ethnologists, natural historians, cartographers, photographers, hunters and peepers and priers and pushers, who year in and year out spend money and lives on arduous expeditions.

From Time Magazine Archive

So think the ethnologists, natural historians, geologists, cartographers and peepers and priers and pushers of all sorts who year in and out spend money and lives on arduous museum expeditions.

From Time Magazine Archive

The mere fact that your presence is known will warn off priers.

From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Tracy, Louis

I will not answer this question by saying that he was preparing hell for priers into his mysteries.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William