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Inimesed olid rõõmsad ja sõbralikud, mõned laulsid, mõned mängisid pilli, mõned skandeerisid.
tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2007
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An appetizer plate with shrimp and a couple of vegetable fritters was served with pilli pilli as a dipping sauce.
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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Pilli pilli is made from hot peppers, and with the power of Interweb intelligence, I am deducing that pilli pilli refers to the tiny African birdseye chili also known as piri piri and peli peli.
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An appetizer plate with shrimp and a couple of vegetable fritters was served with pilli pilli as a dipping sauce.
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Pilli pilli is made from hot peppers, and with the power of Interweb intelligence, I am deducing that pilli pilli refers to the tiny African birdseye chili also known as piri piri and peli peli.
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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In counting thin objects that could be arranged one above the other, the word twenty was "pilli."
The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen
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[AD] "The Hungry Fox" (Nezahual-Cayotl), "the greatest monarch who ever sat upon an Indian throne," according to Prescott the historian, was the father of Nezahual-pilli, the 'tzin of Tezcuco and the grandfather of
Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874
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Locative from _pilli-chiua_, to engender offspring.
Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868
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This drawing of a hair follicle includes the Arrector pilli muscle, the sebaceous glands, the layers of the hair, and the epidermis and dermis of the skin.
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Arrector pilli muscle controls the hair's positions, making it stand on end to trap heat (an action visible in the form of goosebumps).
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