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persimmon

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Persimmon (1893–1908) was a British Thoroughbred race horse and sire . In a racing career that lasted from June 1895 to July 1897 he ran nine times and won seven races. His victories included 1896 Epsom Derby , one of the first horse races ever filmed, ...

Usage examples of persimmon.

Across the Persimmon Sea the tribes of the Retent sullenly sat in their camps nursing grievances and planning murders, raids and tortures for the future, though without any great zest.

Miss Cow do but march up to the persimmon tree and stick her horn back in the hole?

But, bless your soul, honey, while she was cropping the grass, she took one mouth full too many, because when she hitched on to the persimmon tree again, Brer Rabbit was sitting in the fence corner a-watching of her.

He went off a little ways from the house and climbed a persimmon stump and got up there and began to holler.

But, bless your soul, honey, while she was cropping the grass, she took one mouth full too many, because when she hitch on to the persimmon tree again, Brer Rabbit was sitting in the fence corner a watching of her.

South across the Persimmon Sea lay the long narrow island Szintarre and its pleasant capital Olanje, a fashionable resort for out-worlders.

Now and then he heard the thump and roll of an unripe persimmon as it dropped on the thin roof over his head.

The item that had brought her to her bedroom in the first place was the phoenix persimmon and three small cuttings.

Fei scanned the room, sighing in relief when she saw the phoenix persimmon plant at its spot near the window.

She barely had time to set down the persimmon before she was enfolded in his arms.

She gently took the persimmon plant away from the scissors, then turned to speak calmly and rationally to Sandy.

She started moving for the door, the persimmon plant clutched to her chest.

Xiao Fei felt it: the phoenix persimmon flowing into her blood and energy.

Hideyoshi gave the command to his generals as though he were pointing at a persimmon on a branch.

Her name was Persimmon Gaunt, and she stumbled in the purple sunset across the tundra, her breath streaming behind as she gasped late autumn air.