chiccory

American

[chik-uh-ree] / ˈtʃɪk ə ri /

noun

plural

chiccories

a variant of chicory.

chiccory British

/ ˈtʃɪkərɪ /

noun

a variant spelling of chicory

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Me—small my need— Light mallows, olives, chiccory, feed.

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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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If it be only Pharisees who insist that sugar shall not be sanded, that milk shall not be swill-fed, that coffee shall not be chiccory, that nutmegs shall not be wood, that cloth shall not be shoddy, that employ�s of the government shall not be forced to pay for their places, that public officers shall be honest, and that government shall not be venal, it is pleasant to think how many intelligent, upright, industrious, and practical Americans are Pharisaical.

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