bachelor's-buttons
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then her eyes fell upon the poor flower bed overgrown with weeds, through which the bachelor's-buttons and London-pride were pushing their way into bloom.
From The Life of Nancy by Jewett, Sarah Orne
He sat up, after awhile, looked at the familiar porch, with the potted flowers, and Alix's boxes, where bachelor's-buttons, marguerites, and geraniums had been alternated to make a touch of patriotic colour on July Fourth.
From Sisters by Norris, Kathleen Thompson
In our wee garden the rose unfolds, With bachelor's-buttons and marigolds; I'll tie no posies for dance or fair, A willow-twig is for me to wear.
From Sixteen Poems by Allingham, William
We have bachelor's-buttons, lady-slippers, tiger-lilies, flower-de-luce, hollyhocks, and pinks, besides bushes of lilac and matrimony; then we have old cedars clipped into shape, and ever so many little paths and garden-beds edged with box.
From The Old Stone House by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Although he had never spoken of it, Pat had dreamed of blue flowers nodding along the garden fence; old-fashioned bachelor's-buttons that would spring up as though by accident.
From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert
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