blackthorn
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How to use blackthorn in a sentence
Hugh had for many years been watching over the growth of a young blackthorn sapling.
Mr. Gano stopped meditatively, and struck his blackthorn into the gray "MacAdam" powder.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsSo I got down and drew this wattle from the side of a turf creel,—you see it is a strong blackthorn, and good stuff too.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) | Charles James LeverGarry's Hill stood in a field, at the bottom of which was a blackthorn fence among whose roots dwelt a colony of brown rats.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandSir Peter's gnarled old hands met above his blackthorn stick and trembled.
The Dark Tower | Phyllis Bottome
British Dictionary definitions for blackthorn
/ (ˈblækˌθɔːn) /
Also called: sloe a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
a walking stick made from its wood
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