Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small tree, So-phora tetraptera, var. Macnabiana, of southern Chili and Patagonia. Its wood is very hard and durable, and much used for wheel-cogs and similar objects.
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Examples
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“Ga ba na pelu” (They have no heart); and they added, with reference to the slaves, “Why do they let them?” as if they thought that the slaves had the natural right to rid the world of such heartless creatures, and ought to do it.
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So ie pelu tolo's not a star, per se, it's a starship.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994
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Sekelétu by a lady, who collected a sum among other ladies to buy it, they replied, 'O na le pelu' -- she has a heart.
The Personal Life of David Livingstone William Garden Blaikie 1859
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Jo el més interessant que he fet aquesta setmana ha estat anar a la pelu, això sí, a fer-me un
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"By the way, the celestial symbol of the Nommo resurrection is ie pelu tolo, 'star of the tenth moon.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994
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'b ori ba yo wa lowo pennywise, a o ma ki ara wa pelu ayo o' It will be said of you that you tried o, but your country men never listen. look, some of us came to this world by risk, born by risk!, middled named risk! we are living risk, we just find it difficult not to take risk pla help us get more info about these HYIPs '
Self-Motivation, Personal Growth and Entrepreneurship Development on DeoluAkinyemi.com 2009
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Sekeletu by a lady, who collected a sum among other ladies to buy it, they replied, 'O na le pelu' ” she has a heart.
The Personal Life Of David Livingstone Blaikie, William G. 1880
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Dr. John - fon, indttd, has very judiciouOy fct both orthography and pronunciation to rights, and (pelu the vora with one/, though ha finds It with two in the quotations he gives us from Garth and Swift.
A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language 1797
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