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Definition of Pimpernels
1. pimpernel [n] - See also: pimpernel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pimpernels
Literary usage of Pimpernels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"The proper position for this plant is a moist and shady slope, where it can be
allowed room to spread. pimpernels Natural Order ..."
2. The Aftermath: Or, Gleanings from a Busy Life. Called Upon the Outer Cover by Hilaire Belloc (1903)
"or again, " What pimpernels ! "; expressing surprise, or a question, or astonished
admiration : but do you think I am going to give the show away by telling ..."
3. More Mornings at Bow Street: A New Collection of Humorous and Entertaining by John Wight (1827)
"went the window curtains, and down tumbled the whole posse of pulling pimpernels,
bump backwards; down tumbled Owen Jenkins Cadwallader, Esquire, ..."
4. Forty-four French Folk-songs and Variants from Canada, Normandy, and Brittany by Julien Tiersot (1910)
"And your phlox and your stocks and pimpernels, Here are your pinks and daffodils,
Here is your rosemary. Pluck me a bunch of flowers, said she. ..."
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