Pierre
[pi(:)'ɛə]
Definition
(noun.) capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river.
Inputed by Davis--From WordNet
Examples
- St. Pierre sneered again, in her cold snaky manner. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Just at this time, Pierre Abelard, who had already made himself widely famous as a rhetorician, came to found a school of rhetoric in Paris. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I know you well--St. Pierre, the Parisienne--cette ma?tresse-femme, my cousin Beck herself. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Moore was locking up his desk and putting away his St. Pierre. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The answer vouchsafed to Mademoiselle St Pierre from the estrade was given in the gesticulation of a hand from behind the pyramid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A little dose of judgment or reason, as Pierre Huber expresses it, often comes into play, even with animals low in the scale of nature. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The troops were set to work at once to construct a bridge across the South Fork of the Bayou Pierre. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Monsieur, without another word, took the costume from St. Pierre, gave it to me, and permitted me to pass into the dressing-room. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My newly-bound St. Pierre would soon be like my Racine--Miss Keeldar, her mark, traced on every page. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There must be good in you, Ginevra, to speak so honestly; that snake, Zélie St. Pierre, could not utter what you have uttered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This remarkable instinct was first discovered in the Formica (Polyerges) rufescens by Pierre Huber, a better observer even than his celebrated father. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- You must not resist, pursued St. Pierre--for resist I did. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Here are the posthumous works of St. Pierre. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- None, except St. Pierre, was inimical to me; but which of them had the art, the thought, the habit, of benefiting thus tenderly? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For all this, as may well be supposed, St. Pierre did not suffice: other management, other accomplishments than hers were requisite here. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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