phenix
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I already feel as though I were nine-tenths of the way to the abode of the phenix.
From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Roberts, Morley
THE END Transcriber's Note Archaic spelling, e.g. rimes, phenix, is preserved as printed.
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard
He is said "to have been a thirteen-months' child, to have had the dragon face and the phenix eye, an enormous chest, large ears, and a voice like the tone of the largest bell."
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
The name of Husband and Master are always harsh, and Heloise will not be the phenix you now think her.
From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre
President Interurban, Franklin," he wrote, "Consinor Westcote tag company, tags in it. o is in phenix and ph in sulfur and u in armordale.
From Mike Flannery On Duty and Off by Butler, Ellis Parker
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