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  • In the picture of the medicine-men's ceremony in Pah-tay and The Wind-Witch, the ceremony was described by a Tewa as follows:

    Taytay's Tales 1922

  • A wave of sickness came from his stomach but he dominated it and forced himself to remember the Brian Kwok who they, the enemy, thought was Brian Kar-shun Kwok and not the other man, the almost forgotten man whose parentage was Wu, his generation name Pah and his adult name Chu-toy.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • A wave of sickness came from his stomach but he dominated it and forced himself to remember the Brian Kwok who they, the enemy, thought was Brian Kar-shun Kwok and not the other man, the almost forgotten man whose parentage was Wu, his generation name Pah and his adult name Chu-toy.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • "Pah," snarled the cripple, swinging the axe, "we can't starve here all night."

    For the term of his natural life 2004

  • "Pah," replied the Corsican reassuringly, as he threw his net into the sea; "it is of no importance."

    The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I Jules Lermina 1877

  • "Pah," said the armed guard who'd been charged with escorting me each day from my hotel to the Coca-Cola dome where I was performing a stage version of Top Gear.

    2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the holiday. Cape Town Lifestyle. 2009

  • "Pah," said the armed guard who'd been charged with escorting me each day from my hotel to the Coca-Cola dome where I was performing a stage version of Top Gear.

    Top stories from Times Online 2009

  • First the Pah-Wraiths (how can I go against the Emissary?) and now this.

    Sam Christopher’s Quick Hits – 1/5/09 2009

  • First the Pah-Wraiths (how can I go against the Emissary?) and now this.

    05 « January « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

  • So ungainly was his manner that defenders went: Pah!

    Ashley Young has a turn of phrase to go with the tricks Harry Pearson 2010

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