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Definition of Turnips
1. turnip [n] - See also: turnip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnips
Literary usage of Turnips
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"The clover and rye were killed out by the turnips and the record of the crop is
about the same as that mentioned above in the first combination. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1815)
"This horse-hoeing is repeated three or four times, as may be necessary ; but I
do not earth them up till late in the autumn, when the leaves of the turnips ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1800)
"I am, Gentlemen, yours, Arc. A LANDHOLDER. To préférée turnips from ... thf turnips
were drawn previous to fuch ..."
4. A Year's Residence, in the United States of America: Treating of the Face of by William Cobbett, Morris Birkbeck (1819)
"My own crop of Swedish turnips this year is far inferior to that of last in every
... Yet, I have some very good turnips; and, even with such a season, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Those who use this salve dress their lambs with it immediately after shearing
their ewes, and again just before putting them on turnips. ..."
6. Chambers's Information for the People by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1875)
"pulverised before turnips are sown. It is usually drawn up, ... Earthing up the
turnips by the plough is less frequently practised than formerly, ..."
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