Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given by jewelers to a gem of peculiar excellence. The term is also applied to certain marbles of peculiar excellence as well as to gems.
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Examples
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As a lesson in the enlivening properties of fat it has no parangon.
lobstersquad 2009
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Le grand president Hussein, le parangon de l'Humanit e, ... "novembre 6, 2008 à 07: 22
ExtremeCentre.org 2008
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Le grand president Hussein, le parangon de l'Humanit e, ... "novembre 6, 2008 à 07: 22
ExtremeCentre.org 2008
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