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  • noun Plural form of penfold.

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Examples

  • Cualgae ('a Heap of Spears ') is their name, namely battle-penfolds.

    The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge Unknown

  • The shepherds of these early times, having no penfolds, were in the habit of gathering together their flocks in mountain caves, to protect them against the {173} inclemency of the weather, and also to secure them at night against the attacks of wild animals; these caves, therefore, which were very numerous in the mountain districts of Arcadia, Boeotia, &c., were all consecrated to Pan.

    Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

  • Near to the house on all sides except toward the wood were there many bowers and cots round about the penfolds and the byres: and these were booths for the stowage of wares, and for crafts and smithying that were unhandy to do in the house; and withal they were the dwelling-places of the thralls.

    The House of the Wolfings William Morris 1865

  • Rss smoke right now, i am drinking some wine that my cousin jordan got me for my birthday a penfolds cabernet shiraz. i'm watching the lightning through my open window, and i'm watching "moonlight and valentino" - the only movie with jeremy sisto that i can stand. tonight turned out to be much like last night. i stayed home, didn't call people i could have, spent a lot of time resting and thinking. today, i drove by a cottage on the east side that i was thinking of renting, i made curried chicken salad with cranberries, i did yoga, and i got coffee with my brother at flightpath.

    smoke | Perfection Quest 2005

  • Author amanda smoke right now, i am drinking some wine that my cousin jordan got me for my birthday a penfolds cabernet shiraz. i'm watching the lightning through my open window, and i'm watching "moonlight and valentino" - the only movie with jeremy sisto that i can stand. tonight turned out to be much like last night. i stayed home, didn't call people i could have, spent a lot of time resting and thinking. today, i drove by a cottage on the east side that i was thinking of renting, i made curried chicken salad with cranberries, i did yoga, and i got coffee with my brother at flightpath.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

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