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Examples
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We saw that the Poppy and the Pimpernel were the only two true _scarlet_ wild flowers of our fields.
Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke
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Another Pimpernel is the Bog Pimpernel; but we shall not find it in this dry field of corn, as you may guess by the name.
Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke
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Instance, the Pimpernel, which is a very common flower, shuts itself up extremely close against rainy Weather.
The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience John Claridge
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How could it matter to her what such a little person -- she always called Pimpernel
The Woman with the Fan Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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"Pimpernel," he whispered brokenly, "poor little wild flower, out of place among us all!"
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"Pimpernel," repeated Lord Holme, in a loud bass voice, as he lounged out of the room, grinning.
The Woman with the Fan Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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'Pimpernel' Smith (1941, UK) - "In Nazi Germany, nobody can expect to be saved by anybody!" boasts the spokesperson for the Ministry of Propaganda as he dismisses rumors of a modern-day pimpernel who rescues scientists from Germany.
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The financial markets and the Brussels press corps have been in hot pursuit this week of that elusive Pimpernel of the euro-zone debt and banking crisis: the European Plan to Recapitalize Banks.
Plan to Recapitalize Banks Remains Thin on Details Stephen Fidler 2011
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Among them from only as far back as the '60s, a conscientious critic has to keep in mind Kelly, Via Galactica, Dude, Edward Albee's slash at Breakfast at Tiffany's, Rockabye Hamlet, Twyla Tharp's The Times They Are A-Changin', all three versions of The Scarlet Pimpernel and -- only this season -- Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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Among them from only as far back as the '60s, a conscientious critic has to keep in mind Kelly, Via Galactica, Dude, Edward Albee's slash at Breakfast at Tiffany's, Rockabye Hamlet, Twyla Tharp's The Times They Are A-Changin', all three versions of The Scarlet Pimpernel and -- only this season -- Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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