Definition of Turnip bed

1. Noun. A bed in which turnips are growing.

Generic synonyms: Bed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnip Bed

turning off
turning on
turning out
turning over
turning over a new leaf
turning point
turning points
turning the frown upside down
turning up
turningness
turnings
turnip
turnip-rooted celery
turnip-rooted parsley
turnip-shell
turnip bed (current term)
turnip cabbage
turnip greens
turnip head
turnip heads
turnip plant
turnip shell
turnip shells
turniped
turniping
turniplike
turnippy
turnips
turnipy
turnix

Literary usage of Turnip bed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton: With Notices of His Life, History by Thomas Chatterton (1842)
"'Tis true, by strange affection led, He visited a turnip bed; And, fearful of a winter storm, Employ'd his wool to keep it warm; But that comparatively set ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Chatterton by Thomas Chatterton, George Gregory (1803)
"... Himself the ruling Crook: His Boys who wattled-in the Fold Were never bought and never sold. Tis true, by strange Affection led, He visited a turnip bed ..."

3. Autobiography, Correspondence, Etc., of Lyman Beecher, D.D. by Lyman Beecher, Charles Beecher (1866)
"... and its place stocked with cabbage, as also the turnip-bed. The carrots, poor things! just peeping out of ground. " The gates shut as regularly as they ..."

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