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								Pechina, and, to guard her against Nicholas Tonsard's attentions, placed her in a convent at Auxerre, where she might acquire skill in sewing and forget Justin Michaud, whom she loved unconsciously. Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2 Anatole Cerfberr 1865 
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								His little granddaughter, Pechina, is at service with Madame Sons of the Soil Honor�� de Balzac 1824 
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								"La Pechina," said Sibilet, interrupting the abbe. Sons of the Soil Honor�� de Balzac 1824 
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								Pechina, "cried an angry voice," and that he waylays her, he'd rip the entrails out of every one of you, -- pack of scoundrels that you are at the Grand-I-Vert! " Sons of the Soil Honor�� de Balzac 1824 
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								You are to see your brother and sister at once, and say to them: 'If you let La Pechina alone, Pere Rigou will save Nicolas from the conscription.'" Sons of the Soil Honor�� de Balzac 1824 
rogrug commented on the word Pechina
My immediate impression is that the name "..." evokes a sense of "sin," perhaps a little, female sin. From the Latin "peccatum."
December 21, 2009