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[ pak-toh-luhs ] / pækˈtoʊ ləs /
nouna small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands. Words nearby Pactoluspack-year, paclitaxel, Pac-Man defense, pact, Pact of Steel, Pactolus, pacy, paczki, pad, pada, Padang Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for PactolusNot all the gold of Pactolus, not all the beauty of Anadyomene, not all the wisdom of Minerva, could make such women ladies! The College, the Market, and the Court|Caroline H. Dall It was found mixed with the sands of the Pactolus and other rivers. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863|Various Gaston Vandeloup having passed all his life in cities found that his existence on the Pactolus claim was likely to be very dreary. The latter was betwixt and between, with a hovering maid, and a river of hair making Pactolus down her back. The House of Defence v. 1|E. F. Benson
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