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Meanings of cockleburr in English

Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.

Usage of cockleburr in English
1
With the cockleburr crushing the wheat.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, ...
2
But then these the righteous and put cockleburrs in the back hair of the godly.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
3
Why, the factory where they use them cockleburrs.
Cabbages and Kings
4
That night he ripped open a corner of it and took out a handful of the cockleburrs.
Cabbages and Kings
5
"But more the cockleburr than the earbug, if the truth be known."
Ashes Of Victory
6
"My name is Pinkney Dawson," said the cornerer of the cockleburr market.
Cabbages and Kings
7
At the end of ten days two-thirds of the stock of shoes had been sold; and the stock of cockleburrs was exhausted.
Cabbages and Kings
8
"Was it your earbug or a certain six-limbed cockleburr?"
Ashes Of Victory
Frequent collocations
Cockleburr through the time