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Meanings of little nosegay in English

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Usage of little nosegay in English
1
Out of the waistcoat-pocket protruded a little nosegay of sweet-williams and musk.
O. T., A Danish Romance
2
Then Bettina came out with the little nosegay of white lilacs.
Glory of Youth
3
She had such an exquisite little nosegay in her hand.
Bleak House
4
Eugene picked some half mechanically, as he went along, and made a little nosegay, with some sprigs of alder.
Madelon: A Novel
5
Grandmamma called to them not to stay out too long; but they said, May we pick you a little nosegay first?
Woodside / or, Look, Listen, and Learn.
6
One hand lifted her dress daintily above the impurities of the road; the other held a little nosegay of the commonest garden flowers.
Armadale
7
And in due course of time they arrived at the florist's window, and found the bit of forget-me-not still in the little nosegay.
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnic...
8
He tossed his little nosegay of wild flowers away from him, as if the remembrances which it recalled were remembrances which hurt him now.
The Moonstone
9
And yet there was more significance, perhaps, and perhaps a greater consolation, in this little nosegay on the grave of one who had died old.
Essays of Travel
10
And all the furniture in that room was painted white, while the chintz bloomed with delicate little nosegays.
Missy
11
Little nosegays were sent into town on all occasions, and certain vases about the house were her especial care.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
12
So she rubbed them out, and drew little nosegays, and likenesses of me and Jip, all over the tablets.
Standard Selections / A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Pr...
13
"How beautiful they are!" he said, simply, showing his little nosegay to me.
The Moonstone
14
A long fishing pole on which dangled five little nosegays made of ferns and grasses and wild asters was thrust at her.
The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp
15
"Mother dear," said she, "here is a little nosegay for you; and what was it I overheard you telling Dame Elizabeth about dill last night?"
The Junior Classics, Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales
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