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Definition of Pawpaws
1. pawpaw [n] - See also: pawpaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pawpaws
Literary usage of Pawpaws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835 & 1836: Including a by Charles Augustus Murray (1839)
"pawpaws. — Unhealthy Appearance of the Missouri Settlers.—Republican Equality.—Gambling
in the Steam-boat. — Officers of the United States Army. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"... coffee, cocoa, and the edible palms, lr-ad fruit, oranges, lemons, plantains,
yuccas, ¡line apples, plums, cherries, pawpaws and uther delicate fruits; ..."
3. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1864)
"... lemons, plantains, yuccas, pine apples, plains, cherries, pawpaws and other
delicate fruits; has numerous medicinal and poisonous plants and gums, ..."
4. Men I Have Fished with: Sketches of Characters and Incidents with Rod and by Fred Mather (1897)
"FISH, 'COONS AND pawpaws. THE snow had left the south side of the hills, and
there were evidences of spring overhead and underfoot when I parted with ..."
5. Men I Have Fished with: Sketches of Characters and Incidents with Rod and by Fred Mather (1897)
"FISH, 'COONS AND pawpaws. THE snow had left the south side of the hills, and
there were evidences of spring overhead and underfoot when I parted with ..."
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