coquelicot
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of coquelicot
C18: from French: crow of a cock, from its resemblance to a cock's comb
Example Sentences
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Miss McBean responded to my bow with great play of shoulders; and in turn presented me to her mother, a moustachioed lady in stiff black silk, surmounted with a black cap and coquelicot trimmings.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
She retired at once to the ladies' cabin to indue her poke-bonnet with coquelicot trimmings.
From Poison Island by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Do you know, I saw the prettiest hat you can imagine, in a shop window in Milsom Street just now—very like yours, only with coquelicot ribbons instead of green; I quite longed for it.
From Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
She went into the house, and returned almost immediately, bringing with her a small coquelicot waiter, with cakes and wine, which she pressed Lindsay to partake of.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
Certainly!—Comfort in high life would be as preposterous as a lawyer's bag crammed with truth, or his wig decorated with coquelicot ribbons!
From Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden by Thomas Morton
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