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- noun Archaic spelling of
peanut .
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Examples
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He's right about that pea-nut picking Demonazi Jeemy Carter, without Western collusion, the Khomenei would never have been welcomed back to Iran, and we would not now be standing on the brink of war.
The modern Invasion of Great Britain Lionheart 2007
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For shields each had the centre-piece of a lamp, and their spears were long needles all of bronze, the work of Ares, and the helmets upon their temples were pea-nut shells.
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For shields each had the centre-piece of a lamp, and their spears were long needles all of bronze, the work of Ares, and the helmets upon their temples were pea-nut shells.
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The Philippine pea-nut is about as large as that seen in England.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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Among the roots, it mentions _Openauk_, which must have been what we call the pea-nut, which is now largely cultivated along that coast, and is quite an article of commerce.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Yankee industry was most disagreeably prominent at several of the stations, in the shape of a bevy of unwashed urchins parading the cars with baskets of the eternal pea-nut and various varieties of lollipop, lemonade, &c., all crying out their wares, and finding as ready a sale for them as they would at any school in England.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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It would make him the greatest of mental acrobats or jugglers, and he might almost deserve as eminent a reputation as a similar class of artists in bodily achievements; possibly he might claim to be ranked with the man who cooked his dinner and ate it on a tight rope over the Niagara Rapids, or with the man who placed a pea-nut under
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 Various
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The pod is woody and dry, containing from one to three peas, or nuts, as they are called, hence the common names, ground-nut or pea-nut.
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The "cold-drawn" Arachis oil (pea-nut or earth-nut oil) has a pleasant flavour, resembling that of kidney beans.
The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition A. W. Duncan
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When grandma and Lorenzo reached Mill Village, Lorenzo got out at a pea-nut stand, and grandma drove on to her daughter Debby's.
Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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