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Peoria

/piːˈɔːɹi.ə/ noun C2
  1. A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.

Plural Peorias

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“Sold that watercolour of the obelisk to a man from Peoria,” he announced overwhelmingly.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 5 · C1
“Don’t joke with me,” said Delia, “not from Peoria!”
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 5 · C1
“Did I?” said Joe; “just ask the man from Peoria.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 6 · C1
And if I hadn’t got the work you mightn’t have sold your sketches to that man from Peoria.”
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 7 · C1

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