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The ground-nut or peanut (Arachis hypogaea), the "pindar" of the United States, a word derived from
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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The ground-nut or peanut (Arachis hypogaea), the “pindar” of the United
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The Peanut in its travels has also acquired a variety of names, such as ground-pea, earth-nut, goober [1] or guber, and pindar.
The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses B. W. Jones
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Whether the black slaves brought to America the okra or found it already existing on the continent is uncertain, but the term gumbo is undoubtedly of African origin, as also is the term mbenda (peanuts or ground-nuts), corrupted into pindar in some of the Southern States.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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There also were valiant Much, the miller's son, gallant Scathelock, George a Green, the pindar of Wakefield, the fat and jolly Friar Tuck, and many another woodsman of renown, a band of lusty archers such as all England could not elsewhere match.
Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877
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