Swedish turnip
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Swedish turnip
First recorded in 1800–10; so called because introduced into Great Britain from Sweden
Example Sentences
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This is, perhaps, the reason that it’s sometimes called a Swedish turnip or simply a swede.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 29, 2019
The other explained the law, of which he knew as much as a Swedish turnip, on the subject of treason felony.
From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.
Swedish turnip tops or roots, and such things, with a little wash, will keep him along in very good growing order.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William
The mangel wurzel produces a larger crop than the Swedish turnip.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William
To the extreme right you might have beheld Vegetable Warren, the staff-surgeon, slightly exaggerated in the semblance of a South-Down wether nibbling at a gigantic Swedish turnip.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various
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