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Definition of Nosegays
1. nosegay [n] - See also: nosegay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nosegays
Literary usage of Nosegays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"Since I am going into quotations, I shall conclude this head with Virgil's advice
to young people while they are gathering wild strawberries and nosegays, ..."
2. The Knot Tied: Marriage Ceremonies of All Nations by William Tegg (1877)
"... they are accompanied by men bearing mesh'als, lamps, &c., and the friends of
the bridegroom carry lighted wax candles with the nosegays. MAHOMETANS. ..."
3. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"Bea holding nosegays. seems to connect him with the god of war, in the same sense
the destroying power. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope by Hester Lucy Stanhope, Charles Lewis Meryon (1846)
"... nosegays—Mr. Pitt's last words, as related by Gifford— Melancholy reflections—Mr.
Pitt's signature—Mr. Pitt a Statesman inferior to Lord Chatham—Mr. ..."
5. Eminent British Lawyers by Henry Roscoe (1830)
"into Westminster hall, in the summer term, he used M take nosegays of flowers to
hold before his face, that people might not discern his dejection ..."
6. Mores Catholici: Or, Ages of Faith by Kenelm Henry Digby (1894)
"The church of the convent was quite filled with sweet nosegays of these mountain
flowers. Ah. who can wonder that the old prophets in their bright views of ..."
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