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Definition of Turnip bed
1. Noun. A bed in which turnips are growing.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnip Bed
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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