Thesaurus / nonpareil
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What high person would not keep for himself, to say nothing of eating, some fraction of such a Nonpareil?
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. VII. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLEThe 'Nonpareil Speaker' will be welcomed by parents and teachers for the fresh material graded for all ages.
THE BLUE JAR STORY BOOKMARIA EDGEWORTHThis fruit has been thought to resemble the Ohio Nonpareil, but I think it is different.
AMERICAN POMOLOGYJ. A. WARDERThe Nonpareil Parrot is perhaps the most beautiful bird of the parrot tribe in the whole world.
PETER PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT AMERICA AND AUSTRALIASAMUEL GRISWOLD GOODRICHThe point is 1⁄12 of a Pica; Nonpareil would accordingly be called six points.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUSThe old names pica and nonpareil (half pica, or 6-point) still survive as convenient terms to use in naming these sizes.
TYPESETTINGA. A. STEWARTMy listless singer was not the nonpareil, nor even a finch of any kind, but a yellow-throated warbler.
A FLORIDA SKETCH-BOOKBRADFORD TORREYNext evening the men brought out their opposition boat—she was called the Nonpareil—and tried a spin in her.
NEWS FROM THE DUCHYSIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCHI suppose the longest lead held by the Nonpareil during the race was a good forty yards.
NEWS FROM THE DUCHYSIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCHIt is true she was the very nonpareil of his Kingdome and at most not past 13 yeares of age.
THE BIRTH OF THE NATIONMRS. ROGER A. PRYORWORDS RELATED TO NONPAREIL
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