Chinese leaf
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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As to the product of these tea-fields, one could realize no difference in its flavor from that of the Chinese leaf.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou
As to the product of these tea-fields, one realizes no difference in its flavor from that of the Chinese leaf.
From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Maturin Murray Ballou
A Breakfast—no unsubstantial mess, But one in the style of Good Queen Bess, Who,—hearty as hippocampus,— Broke her fast with ale and beef, Instead of toast and the Chinese leaf, And—in lieu of anchovy—grampus.
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
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