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1. pē̆re n.(1)

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(a) A pear, wild or cultivated; also fig. (with pun on per n.) angeles peres; (b) pere appel, a kind of pear resembling an apple [cp. pomepere under pome n. (a)]; pere robert, a punning nonce word……

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