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Definition of Periwinkles
1. periwinkle [n] - See also: periwinkle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Periwinkles
Literary usage of Periwinkles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Odes Upon Cash, Corn, Catholics, and Other Matters: Selected from the by Thomas Moore (1828)
"... besides the revenue of the Locusts and periwinkles, amounting one year with
another to the value of ..."
2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"periwinkles ever, as these trees are in such places, nothing approaching the full
value is got out of them by this neglect. Their numerous suckers are ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1896)
"But once on a time this old woman fell ill seeking for her periwinkles about ...
And since the old woman had fallen ill, there were no periwinkles for her ..."
4. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"... at present the cause is involved in considerable obscurity.f Cockles, Scallops,
periwinkles, Limpets, and Whelks, are of inferior moment as aliments. ..."
5. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"... at present the cause is involved in considerable obscurity.f Cockles, Scallops,
periwinkles, Limpets, and Whelks, are of inferior moment as aliments. ..."
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