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Education of Little Tree
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- The preacher also had a total disliking for Philistines.†
Chpt 16. *
- He said he didn't see any earthly reason for gittin' the Pharisees and Philistines stirred up; there was enough trouble as it was.†
Chpt 16.
- Granpa said Samson come in there somewheres and killed a lot of Philistines who was always making trouble.†
Chpt 16.
- He said he didn't know what the fight was about, or if the Philistines was Faro's men or not.†
Chpt 16.
Definitions:
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(1)
(philistine) a person who is uninterested in artistic and intellectual pursuits and values
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) As a proper noun, Philistines were a people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC (now the coast of Israel).