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Examples
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“The sovereignest thing on earth is parmacetti for an inward bruise.” —
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"The sovereignest thing on earth is parmacetti for an inward bruise."
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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"The sovereignest thing on earth is parmacetti for an inward bruise."
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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"The sovereignest thing on earth is parmacetti for an inward bruise."
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Oh yes, that every one knows a'most -- I mean they know he's only one leg; and that a parmacetti took the other off. '
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“The sovereignest thing or earth is parmacetti for an inward bruise.”
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Oh, yes, that every one knows a’most — I mean they know he’s only one leg; and that a parmacetti took the other off.”
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Oh yes, THAT every one knows a'most -- I mean they know he's only one leg; and that a parmacetti took the other off. "
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Oh, yes, that every one knows a'most -- I mean they know he's only one leg; and that a parmacetti took the other off. "
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
yarb commented on the word parmacetti
See also parmacetty.
September 4, 2008