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Paip, Paiperie, Paipery, paipish, Pape, Pape$s, Paperie, Papery, papish, pope$s,
Pape [pep]
n. The Pope. A Roman Catholic.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
pape's ee: A rump steak.
paperie: Popery.
papish: Popish.
paeper, paiper, paper, peaper, pehper, peper, peyper, pipper,
paper [ˈpepər]
n. Paper. A manuscript, a printed proclamation or notice set down on paper.
v. To set down on paper for publication.
papingo, papingoe,
papingo [ˈpapɪŋgo]
n. A parrot.
parafeen, paraffin, paraffin, paraffin_ile,
paraffin [ˈparəfɪn]
n. Paraffin. WC. col. A smart, flashy appearance (from paraffin ile, rhyming slang for style).
paraffle, parafle,
paraffle [ˈpərafl]
n. A flourish, ostentatious display, fuss. Embroidery, fancy work.
parago,
paragon [ˈparəgɔn]
n. A good-quality fabric.
dim. I.Ork. parago [ˈparəgo] A mixture of grey and white wool.
pairagraph, paragraph,
paragraph [paˈrəgraf]
n. A paragraph.
paraleese, paraleesed, paraleesis, paraleetic, paraleise, paralytick, parlytick,
paraleese [paˈrəliːz]
v. To paralyse.
pt. pp. paraleesed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
paraleesis: Paralysis.
paraleetic [parəˈlitɪk]: Paralytic.
paraphrase, parryfrase, pharaphrase,
paraphrase [ˈparəfreːz]
n. A paraphrase. A metrical version of a scriptural passage.
parasite [ˈpaɹəsəit]
n. A person who lives at another's expense or person who eats at the table of another,

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