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Search phrase: pebble

Plays

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CoriolanusCor V.iii.58Then let the pebbles on the hungry beachThen let the Pibbles on the hungry beach
HamletHam V.i.227Shards, flints, and pebbles should be thrown on her.Shardes, Flints, and Peebles, should be throwne on her:
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.i.80Have filled their pockets full of pebble-stonesHaue fill'd their Pockets full of peeble stones;
Henry VIIIH8 V.iv.56shot, delivered such a shower of pebbles that I was fainshot, deliuer'd such a showre of Pibbles, that I was faine
King LearKL IV.vi.21That on th' unnumbered idle pebble chafesThat on th'vnnumbred idle Pebble chafes
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.i.32A pebble.A Peeble.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.iii.9cur shed one tear. He is a stone, a very pebble-stone,Curre shedde one teare: he is a stone, a very pibble stone,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.112Like wrinkled pebbles in a glassy stream,Like wrinckled peobles in a glasse streame

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.60.1 Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, LIke as the waues make towards the pibled shore,

Glossary

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beachypebble-covered, shingly
pavedwith a paved base, pebbled

Thesaurus

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pebble-coveredbeachy
pebbledpaved

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PEBBLEBASICpebble n, pebbled adj, pebble-stone n
STONETYPEpebble-stone n

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