peculiar institution
Language is peculiar to mankind.
"It is peculiar, nay, unique."
a locution peculiar to the southern US
There’s a peculiar person snooping around.
her peculiar doggish smile.
the air hung with an antiseptic aroma peculiar to hospitals.
There is something peculiar about him.
He is very peculiar in his behavior.
This book has a peculiar value.
He walks in a peculiar fashion.
The wine has a peculiar taste.
rights peculiar to the rich; a species peculiar to this area.
The reversible gel is a kind of high molecular polymer.It has peculiar thermal invertibility and peculiar thermal sensitivity.
a false thaw in January; the false dawn peculiar to the tropics.
Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell.
the sort of epicene beauty peculiar to boys of a certain age.
his accent was a peculiar mixture of Cockney and American.
any attempt to explicate the theme is bound to run into peculiar difficulties.
This style of cooking is peculiar to the South-Eastern provinces.
He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.
Although that Sheldon is a bit peculiar.
Did you observe anything very peculiar about that bed? No.
Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.
And it's not just peculiar to the West.
Here, too, was a man with a vision of the world peculiar to himself.
He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.
'I think he is very peculiar, and quite rude.'
'What do you mean, peculiar? ' I asked, interested.
At the last word there was a peculiar grinding noise from above.
He said Natovenator has many " peculiar" qualities.
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