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  • Years ago there was a young Bilkins, one Pendexter Bilkins -- a sad losel, we fear -- who ran away to try his fortunes before the mast, and fell overboard in a gale off Hatteras.

    Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

  • Pendexter had been kept at home by a snowstorm and missed her visit.

    The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

  • Pendexter, and the taller, stout one was soon discovered to be Mrs. Hand.

    The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

  • Years ago there was a young Bilkins, one Pendexter Bilkins -- a sad losel, we fear -- who ran away to try his fortunes before the mast, and fell overboard in a gale off Hatteras.

    A Rivermouth Romance Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871

  • He brought word that the repairs needed were more extensive than any one had supposed from the Pendexter epistles.

    Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • Lorraine Houle, director of the new soup kitchen at the corner of Pendexter Avenue and Meadow Street, said the van was recently donated by PVTA.

    Reader - MassLive.com Pamela Metaxas 2010

  • I told them to sit down and relax and not get restless, shut the door, went to the kitchen, where Wolfe was seated at the far end of the long table, drinking beer, and told him, "The check from Pendexter came and has been deposited.

    Triple Jeopardy Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 1951

  • I told them to sit down and relax and not get restless, shut the door, went to the kitchen, where Wolfe was seated at the far end of the long table, drinking beer, and told him, "The check from Pendexter came and has been deposited.

    Triple Jeopardy Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 1951

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