olive crown
Britishnoun
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Plus a poem, a song, and perhaps an olive crown.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
But only one can win the olive crown.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2013
Above dark olive, crown blacker; below dusky grayish, throat whitish, belly yellowish; lower mandible yellowish.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
Miltiades asked for an olive crown; and a citizen answered, 'When Miltiades conquers alone, let him be crowned alone.'
From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Lydia Maria Francis Child
The wearer of the olive crown was carried home like a king, with processions and songs of triumph, and all his life afterward he was a privileged and honored person.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
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