brierwood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of brierwood
Example Sentences
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With a heaping bowl of egg-nog beside him, and his brierwood between his lips, the coal magnate beat time on the bedspread with a fast-failing strength, while he grinned happily at Sheila.
From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth
Felix nodded in dismissal, rested his elbows on the table, and again puffed away at his brierwood.
From Felix O'Day by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
Out shot the brierwood like a projectile, and a giant finger wagged at the intruder.
From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth
They received the congratulations of their comrades on their escape, and someone fished out all the consolation that the regiment could offer a couple of brierwood pipes filled with fragrant kinnikinnick.
From Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro by McElroy, John
Turning, she saw her husband puffing away at his brierwood pipe.
From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Pidgin, Charles Felton
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