Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hole or deep place, such as that formed under a cascade or waterfall.
- noun An obsolete variant of
peel . - To wash into pells or pools.
- To drive forth; knock about.
- noun Askin or hide. -. Fur.
- noun A roll of parchment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A skin or hide; a pelt.
- noun A roll of parchment; a parchment record.
- noun [Eng.] formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called
pell rolls . - transitive verb obsolete To pelt; to knock about.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A fur or hide.
- noun A lined cloak or its lining.
- noun A roll of parchment; a record kept on parchment.
- noun Sussex A body of water somewhere between a
pond and alake in size.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I snatched up my belongings, flung them in pell-mell, jumped upon the box, snapped to the hasp, and ran off with a porter towards the train, blank despair in my heart.
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"Since you asked... the American idea was born at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 1803, the moment Thomas Jefferson sprang the so-called pell-mell on the new British ambassador, Anthony Merry, at dinner in the White House."
But in a Way, Aren't We All Winners? Doppelganger 2007
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"Since you asked... the American idea was born at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 1803, the moment Thomas Jefferson sprang the so-called pell-mell on the new British ambassador, Anthony Merry, at dinner in the White House."
Test Your Nerd Power Doppelganger 2007
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Ayaan: I was triving (driving) at it and I pell op (fell off) and I pleeded (bled)
I am broken 2009
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Ayaan: Because I was triving at it and I pell op and I pleeded.
I am broken 2009
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More expensive schools cap their tuition at the maximum subsidized student loan rate, or the student loan rate plus the pell grant rate.
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Some are better than others, some cap tuition at the maximum pell-grant, especially beauty schools.
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The statues range from nine to sixty feet in height and from three to one hundred tons in weight, and are scattered around the island pell-mell.
Richard Bangs: Skullduggery on Easter Island (Part I of II) Richard Bangs 2011
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In fact, they are increasing the number of pell grants available and actually adjusting the amount of grant money awarded to recipients to match the rate of inflation/increased expenses.
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No why would they remove the pell grants for low income students?
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