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Origin of prankish
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Prankish, he liked to set all the alarm clocks in the student dormitory in which he lived for 4 a.m., roll 16-lb. shots down the halls and stairs in the dead of night.
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Prankish, pun-loving Grouse is easygoing, Lindsay something of a hypochondriac.
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For a brief span of years in the 9th century, through a combination of armed might and wisdom, the Prankish King Charlemagne succeeded in establishing a measure of unity in war-torn Europe.
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The Prankish King Pepin gave the Pope jurisdiction over central Italy�and for the next 1,000 years bishops of Rome were land-governing princes as well as the spiritual leaders of Western Christianity.
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Two days ago, in a brief skirmish, a league north of Calonak, the Prankish leader met me hand to hand.
From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by Cabell, James Branch
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