Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A silk fabric originally made in China.
- noun A civilian; a contemptuous nickname originally bestowed in France by the soldiers of the first Napoleon. It is occasionally used in English.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Obsolete form of
Peking . - noun A type of patterned
silk .
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Examples
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On Monday, August 26, I start as the Director of the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, located in Pekin and Quincy and serving central Illinois.
Archive 2002-08-01 Teri 2002
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On Monday, August 26, I start as the Director of the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, located in Pekin and Quincy and serving central Illinois.
News Lori 2002
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Many of you have been there, but for the sake of those of you who have not, let us go to Pekin from a neighbouring city.
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They have already taken Tsinanfu and Pekin is almost within their grasp.
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Before leaving China this time I had occasion in Pekin, and in Tientsin, and in Shanghai, to talk to men who are leaders in the government, some on one side and some on the other, and now they have nothing but praise for Britain.
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The Chinese question stands altogether by itself, and must be dealt with individually until there is a government in Pekin that people can deal with.
Our Japanese Allies 1915
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Girls, she said, were always careless with their jewellery, she might have lost the necklace in Pekin, and never have brought it to England at all.
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The distance between Selinginsky and Pekin is near 2000 Russian versts, between 1300 and 1400
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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An American actress born Susan Hallock Smith in Pekin, Illinois.
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Most ducks sold in city markets and butcher shops are Long Island ducks, also called Pekin.
The City Cook Kate McDonough 2010
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