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Pebble

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Pebble - A polymorphic language.

["A Kernel Language for Abstract Data Types and Modules", R.M. Burstall & B. Lampson, in Semantics of Data Types, LNCS 173, Springer 1984].
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Then a thought came to him, and he took a pebble and dropped it into the Pitcher.
Fables by Aesop View in context
He kicked a small pebble that lay convenient to his foot.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
This so frightened his father and mother that in order to comfort them a Fairy, who happened to be present at the time, produced a little pebble which she told them to keep for the Prince till he grew up, as by putting it in his mouth he would become invisible, as long as he did not try to speak, for if he did the stone would lose all its virtue.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
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