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Penfold

Penfold \Pen"fold`\, n. See Pinfold.

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penfold

n. (alternative spelling of pinfold English)

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Penfold

Penfold may refer to:

  • Penfold, pillar box designed by John Penfold
Penfold (surname)

Penfold is an English-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Adrian Penfold (born 1952), British planning expert
  • Bernard Penfold (1916–2015), British Army officer
  • Christopher Penfold, British writer and producer in radio and television
  • Christopher Rawson Penfold (born 1811), Viticulturist and entrepreneur of South Australia's wine industry
  • David Penfold (born 1964), field hockey player from New Zealand
  • Frank C. Penfold (1849–1921), American artist and teacher
  • Jodie Penfold, British television presenter
  • John Penfold (1828–1909), British surveyor and architect
  • John Penfold (priest) (1864–1922), British Anglican priest
  • Liz Penfold (born 1947), Australian politician
  • Mary Penfold (died 1895), Viticulturist and entrepreneur of South Australia's wine industry
  • Mark Penfold (born 1956), English professional footballer
  • Merimeri Penfold (1920–2014), New Zealand Māori educator
  • Peter Penfold (born 1944), British diplomat
  • Robert Penfold (born 1951), Foreign Correspondent for Australia's Nine News

Usage examples of "penfold".

Robert Penfold warned me the ship was to be destroyed, and I disbelieved and affronted him in return, and he never reproached me, not even by a look.

So fiercely on that fair morning burned the hatred of men about the dwellings of the children of the Wolf of the Goths, wherein the children of the Wolf of Rome were shut up as in a penfold of slaughter.

Like most nineteenth-century novels Foul Play is too complicated to be summarized, but its central story is that of a young clergyman, Robert Penfold, who is unjustly convicted of forgery, is transported to Australia, absconds in disguise, and is wrecked on a desert island together with the heroine.

Indeed, by the end of the week, Penfold was able to circulate a funny story to the papers that Sir John had announced from his hospital bed that it was obvious that the most profitable thing a visiting star could do was to go to bed and send his understudy on in his place.

Penfold had made sure that our advertising sheets, full-size, half-size, and folio, were well displayed and that our little flyers, with pictures of Sir John in some of his most popular roles, were on the reception desks of all the good hotels.