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Meanings of cockleburr in inglês

Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.

        Usage of cockleburr in inglês
        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