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  • Woodrow said, reaching out to pat the hairy pachy - derm.

    Stalling 2010

  • Oh, the God of ink has smiled upon you tonite pachy!

    Firedoglake » FDL Late Nite: Progressive Family Values 2006

  • Woodrow said, reaching out to pat the hairy pachy - derm.

    Kendermore Kirchoff, Mary 1989

  • "What's a pachy?" she foolishly asked and the reply was stinging: "A brown Jew."

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

  • Its first, generic (general) name is a bonus -- giving extra information -- because it incorporates meanings for two of the stages of this animal -- pachy - ` thick '(it is wide-bodied) for the adult insect, and the typical ` sphinxlike' raised head for the caterpillar stage.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3 1993

  • I like what I've seen so far of Dirk Deppey's new blog, and recommend it as indispensible reading particularly for people curious about internationally-based comic book creators and cartoonists and he's already mentioned at least one female cartoonist I'd never heard of whose name will now go on my WDC list, and sweetie that he is he's even blogrolled me, but the pachy in his particular parlor, at least so far, seems to be mainstream, corporate-owned American comic books.

    Pen-Elayne on the Web 2002

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