chincapin
Britishnoun
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This field was separated from the road by a hedge so high that no one could look over it, and from the other fields and the orchard of the Farms by a thicket of chincapins.
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Summer grapes hung their just ripened clusters from the vine-laden saplings, and the chincapin bushes were starred with opening burrs.
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Oh! these are to thresh the chincapin bushes, when 30 we get there!
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Upon my word, chincapin," said he, "we haven't opened that basket yet!
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But, simple as the house was, it was approached by lordly avenues, shaded with black-jack and sweet gum and chincapin, interwoven with superb magnolias and gorgeous tulip trees.
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