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- noun Plural form of
pekoe .
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Examples
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Fresh buds and tender young leaves make the pekoes, older ones the souchongs.
East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888
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A bracketed set of fractions explains the range of prices for broken pekoes, another set deals with common pekoes, another with orange pekoes, and still another with common souchongs.
East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888
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