chiccory
Americannoun
plural
chiccoriesnoun
Example Sentences
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Me—small my need— Light mallows, olives, chiccory, feed.
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The British have taken all the colonies, and the people eat grass for bread and drink chiccory for coffee.
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Chiccory I don't like, spite of the doctor, who says it is wholesome.
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In many instances honey, which costs nothing, is substituted for sugar and chiccory for coffee; camomile or balm and lime tree flowers, infinitely more healthy, for tea, and horse-radish for pepper.
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Pessimism is not reason but a surrogate of reason; therefore, a cheat, such as the merchant who sells chiccory for coffee.
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