parthian

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(The throb in my finger returned for a parthian shot and I remembered that I was a real patient!)

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  1. Of or pertaining to ancient Parthia, in Asia.

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  1. the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226)
  2. a native or inhabitant of Parthia
  3. pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture

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  • (The throb in my finger returned for a parthian shot and I remembered that I was a real patient!) —  Highways in Hiding
  • * '' 'FredFerguson' '' left a parthian shot at the Main Page talk. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • (The throb in my finger returned for a parthian shot and I remembered that I _was_ a real patient!) —  Highways in Hiding
  • Bevies of flashing-eyed American girls "took him in" with parthian glances, and even a widowed Russian princess, hobbling by, easing her gouty steps with a jeweled cane, gazed back upon the moody Adonis and sighed for the vanished days, when she possessed both the physical and mental capacity to wander from the beaten paths of the proprieties. —  A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story
  • A slight inclination of the head and parthian glance number three, encouraged Anstruther to hasten and conclude, for the moon was sailing grandly over the lake now. —  A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story
 

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