chiccory
Americannoun
plural
chiccoriesnoun
Example Sentences
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"Hasn't the man trouble enough without tackling your chiccory?" sang out Felix Kennedy, and the laugh so discouraged Sinkers that he gave over and sneaked away.
From The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
Pessimism is not reason but a surrogate of reason; therefore, a cheat, such as the merchant who sells chiccory for coffee.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
In the first place, then, the French coffee is coffee, and not chiccory, or rye, or beans, or peas.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various
In such processes as the roasting of coffee, chiccory, grain, etc., a diffused heat is necessary, but of much greater intensity than can be obtained with economy from heated air.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 by Various
Me—small my need— Light mallows, olives, chiccory, feed.
From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt
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