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Thar's not peculiar, except he's from Peculiar, a city of about 7,500 in Missouri.
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The Wisconsin case is only the latest in a grim procession of hundreds of such cases stretching back to the late 1800s in England, when a sect called the Peculiar People ended up on trial for allowing generations of children to die as a result of their decision to spurn doctors and medicine.
Christian Scientists pushing change in Wisconsin prayer law 2009
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Indigo joins us, carrying a book entitled The Peculiar Pomegranate.
Portia's Exclusive and Confidential Rules on True Friendship Anna Hays 2009
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Indigo joins us, carrying a book entitled The Peculiar Pomegranate.
Portia's Exclusive and Confidential Rules on True Friendship Anna Hays 2009
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Indigo joins us, carrying a book entitled The Peculiar Pomegranate.
Portia's Exclusive and Confidential Rules on True Friendship Anna Hays 2009
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Indigo joins us, carrying a book entitled The Peculiar Pomegranate.
Portia's Exclusive and Confidential Rules on True Friendship Anna Hays 2009
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This is a wonderful study of the effects of celery on elastic . . . that is, The Peculiar Art of Mr. Frahm.
Life of Brian: Brian David Phillips 2004
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[15] A Peculiar is a district taken out of its geographical surroundings for purposes of ecclesiastical jurisdiction (_Sir W. Anson_).
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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Chapter, I have sufficiently declared out of the Scripture, that in the Common-wealth of the Jewes, God himselfe was made the Soveraign, by Pact with the People; who were therefore called his Peculiar People, to distinguish them from the rest of the world, over whom God reigned not by their Consent, but by his own Power:
Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633
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Peculiar, that is, until you realize that the same teleprompter Obama uses, can make you, too, speak like a polished politician!
frogapplause commented on the word Peculiar
Peculiar is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The town motto is, appropriately enough, "Where the 'odds' are with you."
November 29, 2010