Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A word found only in the phrase-name placentia falcon, apparently noting the large dark area on the belly of that hawk, likened to a placenta. See
falcon. T. Pennant .
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Examples
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PLACENTIA - The booming start-up Placentia microbrewery, The Bruery, is introducing its annual spring brew, a sour Flemish red ale aged in red wine barrels and a bright-red Valentine's Day beer that's only available in select Southern California bars.
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PLACENTIA - The booming start-up Placentia microbrewery, The Bruery, is introducing its annual spring brew, a sour Flemish red ale aged in red wine barrels and a bright-red Valentine's Day beer that's only available in select Southern California bars.
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At the time, she was a water-bound athlete, swimming and playing on the boys water polo team at Valencia High School in Placentia, Calif.
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I have very fond memories of the public library where I grew up - in Placentia, California.
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See Letterbook: Pierce Sweetman in Placentia to [Francis Eamond?], 9 October 1802; and "PS" to "My Dr. Saunders," 21 October 1802. back
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Similarly, in Placentia – St. Mary's, ten out of thirteen of those appointed in August 1836, and nine out of thirteen appointed in December 1836, came from this group.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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At El Dorado High School in Placentia, she played Marian in The Music Man, Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, and Agnes Gooch in Mame.
Susan Dormady Eisenberg: Soprano Deborah Voigt Launches a Rich New Season of Firsts Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2010
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At El Dorado High School in Placentia, she played Marian in The Music Man, Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, and Agnes Gooch in Mame.
Susan Dormady Eisenberg: Soprano Deborah Voigt Launches a Rich New Season of Firsts Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2010
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d The price listed for cordage in Placentia was per pound, not hundredweight — 1s. 4d.
The Slender Thread: Irish Women on the Aouthern Avalon, 1750-1860 2005
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Also known as the Placentia Grass Eaters, the colony believed that spirits gathered in corners, so they built a mansion without any square rooms.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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