lares and penates
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Her lares and penates range from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee.
From Time Magazine Archive
You will always see in every cubicle, above every bed in a long hut, the girl's own private gallery, the lares and penates which make of her, in her bed at least, an individual.
From The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)
Evesham had given up his large, sunny room to Dorothy's mother, but he had not removed all his lares and penates.
From In Exile and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock
Into the house he dashed, and as he recognised his lares and penates he uttered a howl of triumph.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
Thereupon the inner habitants of the deserted equipages emerged from amid their lares and penates, and met face to face.
From From a Bench in Our Square by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
