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Pactoʹlus

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The golden sands of the Pactolus. The gold found in the Pactoʹlian sands was from the mines of Mount Tmoʹlus; but the supply ceased at the commencement of the Christian era. (See Midas.) Now called Bagouly.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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P [alliterative]
P.C. (patres conscripti)
P., P.P., P.P.P. (in music)
P.P.C. (pour prendre conge)
P.S. (post-scriptum)
P’s and Q’s
Pabana (The) or Peacock Dance
Pacific Ocean (The)
Packing a Jury
Pacolet
Pactolus
Padding
Paddington Fair
Paddle Your Own Canoe
Paddock
Paddi-whack
Paddy
Padua
Paduasoy or Padësoy
Pæan
Pæan

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Pactolus