pearmain
Britishnoun
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Origin of pearmain
C15: from Old French permain a type of pear, perhaps from Latin Parmēnsis of Parma
Example Sentences
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When officers arrested McKinven, of Pearmain Road in Street, they found 0.5g of cannabis on him, and detected cannabis in his system.
From BBC
Take, for instance, the Beauty of Bath, Worcester Pearmain and Stoke Red, from the village of Rodney Stoke, near Cheddar.
From BBC
Before the coronavirus pandemic struck, Samantha Pearmain worked on reception and front-of-house duties in a busy conference centre near Cambridge.
From BBC
Especially, ask about local varieties, from keswick codlin and worcester pearmain to cornish aromatic and beauty of kent.
From The Guardian
Authorities also found a 15-year-old girl from Los Angeles County who Balletto and another man, Patrick Stephen Pearmain, 31, forced to help them, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times
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