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Definition of Pepperminty
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pepperminty
Literary usage of Pepperminty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life in Spain: Past and Present by Walter Thornbury (1860)
"Balthazar showed me every thing, and I must say his reds and blues were as bright
and pepperminty as Mr. Knowing ..."
2. Eucalyptus by Abbot Kinney (1895)
"While all these bear a distinctive pepperminty-Eucalyptus odor and taste they
were markedly different from each other in intensity. ..."
3. St. Kilda by Norman Heathcote (1900)
"... honours would not be impaired by the irregularity. The bottle, which had
erstwhile harboured sweets and retained a pepperminty smell, was full enough. ..."
4. In a College Garden by Frances Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (1917)
"... and then again to luscious pepperminty brown bulls'-eyes that stand in bottles
where boys and girls can see them best. How all the little Carter's Pills ..."
5. Hope Hathaway: A Story of Western Ranch Life by Frances Parker (1904)
"All green and mossy and pepperminty, but the snake's never showed up yet. Come on,
we'll all go down there." He led the way along the steep bank of the ..."
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