Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A local name in England of various beds of the Silurian and Jurassic, as of certain thick flagstones in the lower Ludlow near Malvern, of a gray oölitic limestone near Stonesfield, of a limestone at Blisworth, and of a fissile argillaceous limestone near the base of the Purbeck beds at Hartwell.
- noun A pendant; an ear-ring.
- Headlong; suddenly.
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Examples
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And dont Argue as i am from Pendle and a Lib Dem so i know about the Tory Scum of pendle which now includes Karim and his disciples.
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No swimming and sports centre cuts in our budget say pendle liberals
British Blogs 2009
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I min generation var der mange, som forsøgte at pendle mellem to kulturer.
_Politik 2009
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Shame Mrs Whittaker does not live locally and therefore missing out on the great place that she and her colleagues have created in pendle.
unknown title 2009
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