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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They were of velvet, silk, satin, cotton lace, false flowers, the brilliant seeds of the licorice and coquelicot, tinsel, beads, and pinch-beck.
From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
Your face is the colour of a coquelicot.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
She retired at once to the ladies' cabin to indue her poke-bonnet with coquelicot trimmings.
From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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 Austen, Jane
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 Stevenson, Robert Louis
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