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Definition of Pompion
1. n. See Pumpion.
Definition of Pompion
1. a pumpkin [n -S] - See also: pumpkin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pompion
Literary usage of Pompion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pantropheon, Or, History of Food, and Its Preparation, from the Earliest by Alexis Soyer (1853)
"Like the gourd, the good and creeping pompion has served more than once as a
termof comparison, and that in a style most humiliating. ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... When m Your daughter Mall, )w, last pompion time din'd with ly child e best
yellow stockings w me thrice, ..."
3. The Companion for the Orchard: An Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits by Henry Phillips (1831)
"THE pompion is a coarse, inferior kind of melon, which has long been known in
Europe, ... This author says, "the pulpe of the pompion is neuer eaten raw; ..."
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