Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- A city of northeast Massachusetts west of Salem. Settled c. 1633 and later called South Danvers, it was renamed after George Peabody in 1868. Population: 51,700.
- Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer 1804-1894. American educator and writer who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1860).
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- proper n. The Peabody Award, granted annually and internationally for excellence in broadcasting.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)
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Reports about disabled Iraq vets, depression win Peabody awards
Reports about disabled Iraq vets, depression win Peabody awards
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Reports about disabled Iraq vets, depression win Peabody awards
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With ghosts of her own haunting her, Addie Peabody is as cautious around men as Jack St. Bride is around women.
Salem Falls: Summary and book reviews of Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult.
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At the mention of the name Peabody his eyes darted unconsciously toward the golf bag, and then back to me.
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She was one of the three lovely daughters of Captain Peabody, who himself served with distinction at the siege of Quebec a few years before.
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Planning Commissioner Jay Gallagher called Peabody's coal mining operation a critical piece of the local economy.
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Gordon recalls Peabody treating her "like a celebrity" and says that the 1983 interview in Gargoyle "made me feel more important than I was, and that was essential to continuing to be a writer."
Main Character: Richard Peabody has devoted his life to Washington's writers. At what cost?
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Peabody, which is based in St. Louis, has been seeking acquisitions and raising production of metallurgical coal, the type used in steel making, amid increasing demand fueled by Asia.
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The Pickens Plan has many problems, many flaws, but at the core the worst of all might best be referred to as the Peabody-Pickens Axis for Perpetuating Pollution.
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I'm with Peabody, that is one heck of a birthday meal~!
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