Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lump of native gold; a nugget.
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Examples
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It was Maria who named the dainty little mate, calling her Pepita, from the first time she saw her by Chico's side.
Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon Lucy M. Blanchard
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Continuing your comparison, since you speak of Pepita as a crucible and Luis as a metal, I shall find, or rather I have found already, a bellows, or blow-pipe, very well adapted to kindle up the fire, so that the metal may melt in it the more quickly.
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He could use "Pepita" without deranging the rhyme.
We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914
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"Pepita," said my companion to a handsome girl, who advanced smiling towards us; "a brasero and a private apartment; this cavalier is a friend of mine, and we shall sup together."
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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"Pepita," as we lovingly called her companions, on various occasions she had praised the work of El Libertario, and for our 40th edition, a special anniversary number, she remitted to us two articles to be published, of which we had to keep one in file due to limitations of space.
Anarchist news dot org - News for anarchists and their friends 2009
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In 1993 she was a national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and she won the 1995 Pepita Embil Award at Operalia II, Placido Domingo's international voice competition.
Susan Dormady Eisenberg: Soprano Ana Maria Martinez Prepares to Sing Butterfly at Washington National Opera Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011
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But perhaps the closest design to the real thing is the Pepita Dress by Ingenue London, which sells for less than $150 and comes in a range of colors.
10 Ways You Can Get Into the Spirit of the Royal Wedding 2011
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But perhaps the closest design to the real thing is the Pepita Dress by Ingenue London, which sells for less than $150 and comes in a range of colors.
10 Ways You Can Get Into the Spirit of the Royal Wedding 2011
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In 1993 she was a national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and she won the 1995 Pepita Embil Award at Operalia II, Placido Domingo's international voice competition.
Susan Dormady Eisenberg: Soprano Ana Maria Martinez Prepares to Sing Butterfly at Washington National Opera Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011
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During the Freiburg rehearsals, Mr. Bieito is already looking ahead to next year, when he will direct a Tennessee Williams play in English at Chicago's Goodman Theater, and "Pepita Jiménez," a comic opera by Catalan-born composer Isaac Albéniz, in Buenos Aires.
Calixto Bieito's Second Act J. S. Marcus 2011
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