Canterbury bell
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Bromehead, W., doubling of the Canterbury bell by selection, ii.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
"I don't mind that so much as their silly songs, after we've fed 'em, all about 'work among the merry, merry blossoms," said Sacharissa from the deeps of a stale Canterbury bell.
From Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard
C. Medium, Canterbury bell, with large blue, purple and white flowers, is a favourite and handsome biennial, of which there are numerous varieties.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
But when he stopped to look at the flower he had plucked, he found it was only quite an ordinary Canterbury bell!
From More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Marzials, Ada M.
The King was waiting on the steps of the back-yard, watching a dozen gardeners trying to rear the Canterbury bell with patent foods.
From More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Marzials, Ada M.
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