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Pinnock   Listen
noun
Pinnock  n.  (Zool.)
(a)
The hedge sparrow. (Prov. Eng.)
(b)
The tomtit.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pinnock" Quotes from Famous Books



... taking an affectionate farewell of his friends, set forth on his return to his native country. As he went along, he learned that Richard was dead, that John reigned, that Prince Arthur had been poisoned, and was of course made acquainted with various other facts of public importance recorded in Pinnock's Catechism and ...
— Burlesques • William Makepeace Thackeray

... not only the size and shape, but there is the texture and polish. Some apples are coarse-grained and some are fine; some are thinskinned and some are thick. One variety is quick and vigorous beneath the touch, another gentle and yielding. The pinnock has a thick skin with a spongy lining; a bruise in it becomes like a piece of cork. The tallow apple has an unctuous feel, as its name suggests. It sheds water like a duck. What apple is that with a fat curved stem that blends so prettily with ...
— Winter Sunshine • John Burroughs

... Rome. History of England. History of France. History of the Middle Ages. History of the Sandwich Islands. The Priest and Catechumen, a Dialogue, 12 pp. Peter Parley's Geography, with lithographed maps, 108 pp. Pinnock's Catechism of Greek History, with remarks, ...
— History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. • Rufus Anderson



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