creeping Jennie

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Origin of creeping Jennie

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby creeping Jennie

creepie, creeping, creeping bent grass, creeping eruption, creeping fescue, creeping Jennie, creeping Jesus, creeping juniper, creeping thistle, creeps, creep up on

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How to use creeping Jennie in a sentence

And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
Obama’s Pot Policy Is Refer Madness|James Poulos|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Jennie met Randolph Churchill in 1873 at a ball; three days later they were engaged.
The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed Britain|Tim Teeman|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jennie kept his parliamentary vestments for her son, apparently instilling in Winston the sense that he would be a leader.
The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed Britain|Tim Teeman|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jennie Jerome, who went on to become Lady Randolph Churchill, was born in Brooklyn in 1854.
The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed Britain|Tim Teeman|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She smiled, too, her incisors creeping out from behind her lips.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The lady in black, creeping behind them, looked a trifle paler and more jaded than usual.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Her feet crush creeping things: there is a busy ant or blazoned beetle, with its back broken, writhing in the dust, unseen.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
I still think we might have done as well at much less cost by creeping up these 200 or 300 yards by night.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
They destroy ants and spiders and other creeping things, so that Alila's mother never kills them nor drives them away.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Aunt Jennie told our little Hettie that she might have it for her own, if she would take care of it.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for creeping Jennie

creeping Jennie

US and Canadian creeping Charlie

/ (ˈdʒɛnɪ) /

noun

other names for moneywort

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