bouncing Bet

[ bet ]

/ bɛt /

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Also bouncing Bess

[bes]. /bɛs/.

Origin of bouncing Bet

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby bouncing Bet

bounce flash, bounce game, bounce light, bouncer, bouncing, bouncing Bet, bouncy, bouncy castle, bound, bound and determined to, boundary

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How to use bouncing Bet in a sentence

Bees boomed about the ragged tufts of clover and Bouncing Bet that fringed the side yard.
Judith of the Cumberlands|Alice MacGowan
Bouncing-bet and her comely hearty cousins of the pink family made delightsome many a corner of our home garden.
Home Life in Colonial Days|Alice Morse Earle
The plant commonly called Soapwort or Bouncing Bet also bears other popular names, many of which are purely local.
Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 2 [February 1902]|Various
Bouncing Bet is too cheerful and rollicking a wanderer to awaken sentiment.
Old-Time Gardens|Alice Morse Earle

It was common wayside "Bouncing Bet," but the Harvester called it "soapwort."
The Harvester|Gene Stratton Porter

British Dictionary definitions for bouncing Bet

bouncing Bet

/ (bɛt) /

noun

another name for soapwort

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