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
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
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
“Some boss!” muttered the magnate, thickly, the brierwood dropping on the floor.
From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth
While the captain was talking, he sat modestly in the background, smoking his brierwood, listening as intently as if everything said was new to him.
From A Waif of the Mountains by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
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