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Meanings of moss-grown in английском

(Used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned.

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Usage of moss-grown in английском
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It breeds about Derali, Bairamghati, and Gangaotri, in the large moss-grown deodars.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
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The stream was perhaps eight feet across, spanned by a moss-grown footbridge.
Night Shift
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I have a nice garden but it is untidy, moss-grown- adilettantegarden.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
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Soon he was gliding along the sides of the moss-grown walls.
The Puppet Crown
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On the two moss-grown pillars, reposed the well known crest of his family.
A Love Story
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Blind Sorrel was lying by the moss-grown horse-trough, at the gate.
Chanticleer / A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family
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And then, issuing from the chase, he came upon a broad, moss-grown terrace.
Under the Redwoods
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He no longer wore the gray, moss-grown stone attire, but white, glittering silver.
Invisible Links
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Fastening his horse to the moss-grown paling, Algernon proceeded to knock at the door.
Mark Hurdlestone; Or, The Two Brothers
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Holland is so essentially a tidy country that nothing old or moss-grown is tolerated.
Roden's Corner
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When Christian left the drawing-room he walked quickly down the moss-grown path to the moat.
The Slave of the Lamp
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He leaned up against the moss-grown wall, looking back into the darkness of the lane.
The Golden Scorpion
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Vigfusson sat down on the moss-grown rock and pondered.
Tales from Two Hemispheres
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Or bow my head on moss-grown rocks to sleep.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2
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Go to a lone house at Lambeth, with moss-grown steps down to the water's edge.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
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The moon was casting a ghastly light over the great moss-grown stone and the deserted wolds.
A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucesters...