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  • 81pound — English has three distinct words pound. The measure of weight and unit of currency [OE] goes back ultimately to Latin pondō ‘12 ounce weight’, a relative of pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponder) and pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English pension …

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  • 82pin|fold — «PIHN FOHLD», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) a place where stray animals are kept; pound. b) a fold, as for sheep or cattle. 2. Figurative. a place of confinement; pen: »men…pester d in this pinfold here (Milton). –v.t. to shut up in a pinfold. SYNONYM( …

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  • 83Penfold — Pen fold , n. See {Pinfold}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 84Pin — Pin, v. t. [Cf. {Pen} to confine, or {Pinfold}.] To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 85Pinnage — Pin nage, n. [Cf. {Pinfold}.] Poundage of cattle. See {Pound}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 87Alnwick — infobox UK place static static image caption = The town of Alnwick, nestling behind Alnwick Castle country = England official name= Alnwick latitude= 55.4100 longitude= 1.7054 population = 7,600 shire district= Alnwick region= North East England… …

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  • 88Tong, West Yorkshire — Infobox UK Wards WardName=Tong 1stCouncillor= Michael Johnson| 1stParty= Labour| 2ndCouncillor= John Ruding| 2ndParty= Labour| 3rdCouncillor= Tony Cairns 3rdParty= Labour Tong (population 17,069 2001 UK census) is a Ward in Bradford Metropolitian …

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  • 89Bishopthorpe — infobox UK place country= England region= Yorkshire and the Humber official name= Bishopthorpe latitude= 53.918722 longitude= 1.100807 population = 3,174 (Census 2001 [ [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3… …

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  • 901957 in literature — The year 1957 in literature involved some significant events and new books.Events* Lawrence Durrell publishes the first volume of The Alexandria Quartet . The final of the four volumes will be published in 1960. *Dorothy Parker begins writing… …

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