Definitions
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. same as persicot.
Examples
“At the end of the day, the towns' restaurants, almost all good, offer largely similar menus notable for the prominence of lake fish, a standard being filetti di persico fritti dorati: fillets of perch fried in a light golden batter.”
“Mr. Gary, if I come to Denbigh when the peaches are ripe, will you teach me to make persico?”
“She made salves and eyewaters, powders and confects, cordials and persico, orangeflower water and cherry brandy, each in its due season, and all of the best.”
“Korma's a switch: Ekta's tasty chicken korma with cashews made the author reconsider his loyalties. (photo by michael persico)”
“Not even the owner knows. (photo by michael persico)”
“Thinking Positive By Brian James Kirk caption: caption: Street fighter: William Brawner, HIV-positive for 27 years, has transformed a neighborhood warehouse into a refuge for HIV-positive youth. photo/art credit: michael persico caption: ...”
“Short City streets: It took Brandon Angel (left) and Barry Evans just one year to make their film. (photo by michael persico)”
“Sign language: The name of Brawner's organization is appropriately welcoming. (photo by michael persico)”
“Street fighter: William Brawner, HIV-positive for 27 years, has transformed a neighborhood warehouse into a refuge for HIV-positive youth. (photo by michael persico) "I never would've predicted he was HIV-positive," says McGhee, now a computer technician.”
“_persico odi, puer, adparatus; displicent nexae philyra coronae; _ mitte sectari, _Rosa_ quo locorum sera moretur.”
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes
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I have a list for words learned from Newsweek; here's where I keep all the stuff from other shit I read.
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Just 'cause I like 'em, P
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sionnach persico played a major role in sionnach's misspent youth, when he spent two summers working in the Berlin factory that manufactured and bottled it. It's sickly-sweet; the name derives from Pfirsich, German for peach. Jun 10, 2010
chained_bear "Persico was a cordial flavored with the crushed kernels of peaches, apricots, or nectarines."
—Sarah Hand Meacham, Every Home a Distillery: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009), 11 Jun 6, 2010