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blackthorn
/ ˈblækˌθɔːn /
noun
- Also calledsloe 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of blackthorn1
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Example Sentences
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.
So 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.
Garry's Hill stood in a field, at the bottom of which was a blackthorn fence among whose roots dwelt a colony of brown rats.
Sir Peter's gnarled old hands met above his blackthorn stick and trembled.
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