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Date "PEEBLES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Peebles Poor Peter Peebles. The pauper litigant in Redgauntlet, by Sir Walter Scott. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Peebles is a burgh in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. Notable buildings in the town include Peebles Old Parish Church and Neidpath Castle. Other local attractions include a museum and the Kailzie Gardens.
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Peebles is a village located in Adams County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,739.Geography
Peebles is located at 38°56'52" North, 83°24'28" West (38.947650, -83.407764)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,739 people, 705 households, and 456 families residing in the village. The population density is 554.9/km² (1,433.5/mi²). There are 788 housing units at an average density of 251.4/km² (649.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 97.87% White, 0.35% African American, 0.75% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. 0.46% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 705 households out of which 31.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% are married couples living together, 13.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% are non-families. 31.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.43 and the average family size is 3.04. In the village the population is spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.7 males. The median income for a household in the village is $21,250, and the median income for a family is $25,365. Males have a median income of $27,500 versus $19,375 for females. The per capita income for the village is $12,326. 28.2% of the population and 25.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 31.9% are under the age of 18 and 18.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peebles, Ohio."
Crosswords: PEEBLES |
| Specialty definitions using "PEEBLES": Peter Peebles. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | "Dat's a remarkable fine chile, Mis' Peebles, what name have you giv her?". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | Players in the boiler market include Babcock-Wilcox (US and Spain) 15-20 percent, Marelli (Italy) 20 percent, and other participants including Skoda (Czech Republic), Parsons Peebles (UK), Mecanica La Pena (Spain), Knooter Erickson (new entry from the US), and some very small local firms. (references) | |
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| "PEEBLES" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.08% of the time. "PEEBLES" is used about 109 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.08% | 108 | 31,306 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.92% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 109 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "PEEBLES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Peebles | Last name | 4,000 | 3,321 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Peebles Inc. |
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1. Peebles, OH (village, FIPS 61420) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "PEEBLES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | Пиблс. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-l-p-s" | |
-1 letter: bleeps, plebes. | |
-2 letters: beeps, bleep, epees, peels, peles, plebe, plebs, sleep, speel. | |
-3 letters: beep, bees, bels, eels, else, epee, lees, peel, pees, pele, pleb, seel, seep. | |
-4 letters: bee, bel, eel, els, lee, pee, pes, see, sel. | |
-5 letters: be, el, es, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-l-p-s" | |
+3 letters: preblessed, preblesses. | |
+4 letters: depressible, expendables, expressible, presentable, preservable, repressible, respectable, speedballed, steeplebush. | |
+5 letters: bespectacled, preassembled, respectables, tribespeople. | |
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