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English
Proper noun
Paw Paw
- A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.
- A ghost town in Miami County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States, named after the common pawpaw.
- A village, the county seat of Van Buren County, Michigan, United States. Named after the pawpaw trees which grew along the Paw Paw River.
- A ghost town in Sullivan County, Missouri, United States.
- A small town in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States, named after the pawpaw.
Noun
Paw Paw (plural Paw Paws)
- Alternative letter-case form of paw paw (“pawpaw, grandfather”).
1987, Peter Griffin, Along with Youth: Hemingway, the Early Years, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 28:Dick protests, "She's a good kid," and maintains that he doesn't want to "get mixed up with her." Paw Paw answers, […]
2011, Snookie Hodge, Sandbox Treasures: A New Home for Buzzy Bee, and Other Short Stories, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 4:Mommy suddenly said, “She has been saying that today, and I thought she was saying it so she wouldn't have to eat her lunch!” Calie looked at her Mommy. Then she looked at her Paw Paw.
2013, Jacchi Machito, A Woman Named Jacchi, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 63:[…] and beguiled her “Paw Paw” Ben with her wit and charm. She had long brown blond hair and gorgeous dark brown eyes with pale, almost see-through skin like her mother.