Aaron's beard
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Take away our fear of fat, And make us glad of the oil which ran upon Aaron's beard.
From Time Magazine Archive
No one remembered that the ointment which ran down Aaron's beard was like brethren dwelling together in unity—a good and pleasant thing.
From The Happy Adventurers by Middleton, Lydia Miller
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments.
From Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. by Thornburgh, George
She would volunteer instruction on any and every subject under heaven, from the precise length of Aaron’s beard, to the cost of soup-kitchens; and once she cornered you, you had to listen or pretend to.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
That pocket must have run down to the hem of his garment, like the oil on Aaron’s beard.
From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
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