IN THE LAST OF PEA-TIME (or -PICKING), phr. (American colloquial).—In decline of years; ‘hard-up’; passé. PEA-TIME IS PAST = dead; ruined; gone beyond recall.
1848. J. R. LOWELL, The Biglow Papers. Ther’ ’s ollers chaps a-hangin’ roun’ thet can’t see PEATIME ’S PAST.
