How To Use Peag In A Sentence
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Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canonchet, and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
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I had promised to write for them, but the peag being bi-ought me, & so litle, & they quarrelling among them - sclues, & foolishly charging inferior Sacbims of nonpay - ment, I was not free.
Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
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If you have anythink to say contrairy to the character of Mrs Harris, which well I knows behind her back, afore her face, or anywheres, is not to be impeaged, out with it, Betsey.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
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They were called wampumpeag, were sewed on deer or other fine skins, and the belts thus made were used to emphasize points in negotiation or in treaties, or in speeches.
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
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I scream her name—Opal Opal—run past beach heather and bearberry—Opal Opal Opal—and suddenly remember Napeague Harbor beyond the tallest dune.
The Worst Thing I've Done
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Our neighbours messengers are gone to (not rctiu'ned from) Massachusetts, with about 20H or upwards of peag.
Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
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Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canonchet and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit.
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
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It should be said, in justice to the New Haven colonists, though they were the most opulent of the New England planters, save the wealthy settlers of Narragansett, that money of all kinds was scarce, and that the Indian money, wampum-peag, being made of a comparatively frail sea-shell, was more easily disfigured and broken than was metal coin; and that there was little transferable wealth in the community anyway, even in "Country Pay.
Sabbath in Puritan New England
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And the year before that, he came in third having tripped up on the word "wampumpeag," a string of polished beads or shells.
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'I shall speag to you,' said Darco, 'with an egsdreme blain-ness.
Despair's Last Journey
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The 210. 5km leg from Bourg-de-Péage to Mende began with a winding and rolling route through the narrow back roads of the Massif Central.
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