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Pancaste (3 syl.)

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An Athenian hetæra, and her companion in sin, Phrynē, were the models of Venus Rising from the Sea, by Apellēs. (See Phryne.)

 

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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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Pamela
Pampas
Pamper
Pamphlet
Pamphyle
Pan
Panacea
Panama
Pancake
Pancaste
Pancras (St.)
Pandarus
Pandects of Justinian (The)
Pandemonium (A)
Pander
Pandora’s Box (A)
Panel (A)
Pangloss (Dr.)
Panic
Panjandrum