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pessimistic and disenchanted

pestilence and famine


petted and indulged


pettiness and prudence


petulance and acrimony


pharisaical and bitter [pharisaical = hypocritically self-righteous and
condemnatory]


pictorial and dramatic


picturesque and illustrative


pilgrim and crusader


pillage and demolish


piquant and palatable [piquant = agreeable pungent taste]


pith and brevity


pitiful and destitute


place and power


plagued and persecuted


plainness and severity


plaintive and mournful


plans and projects


plastic and ductile


plausibility and humbug


pleasant and pungent


pleasurable and wholesome


pliant and submissive


plot and verisimilitude


plunder and sacrilege


poetical and pastoral


pointless and ineffective


polite and elegant


political and sociological


pomp and pageantry


ponderous and unwieldy


poor and barren


possession and dominion


potent and prevailing


power and luxury


praise and commend


precedence and usage


precision and efficiency


preference and prejudice


pregnant and suggestive

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Definition:(noun) A long flag; often tapering.
Synonyms:waft, streamer
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It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.
Miguel de Cervantes
(1547-1616)
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