dragon's head
AmericanEtymology
Origin of dragon's head
First recorded in 1500–10
Example Sentences
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She held out the round ball she had taken from Dragon’s head.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
The brilliant Vega will be seen about overhead, 12° southwest of the Dragon's head.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
Aquila 38 Located by a line drawn from the Dragon's head through Vega and prolonged.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
Lyra 34 Vega, its brightest star, is 12° S.W. of the Dragon's head.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
Pendragon was his name in the Britons' tongue, but Dragon's head in that of Rome.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene
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