gingerbread palm

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Origin of gingerbread palm

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby gingerbread palm

ginge, ginger, ginger ale, ginger beer, gingerbread, gingerbread palm, gingerbread plum, gingerbread tree, ginger family, ginger group, ginger jar

How to use gingerbread palm in a sentence

After tightening her collar, Stella assumed slave posture: on her knees, legs slightly spread, palm resting face-up on her thighs.
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These villages used to harvest rubber, cacao, palm oil, and coffee beans.
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On the day of the AFI dinner, Hitchcock receives a wire from Frank Capra, who is in Palm Springs.
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In our digital world, all the accumulated knowledge of human history is available in the palm of our hands.
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About 9:30 p.m. on Palm Sunday in 1965, a tornado struck Toledo, Ohio.
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Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
His strong hands lay palm downwards on the arms of his chair, pressing them hard.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.
Uncanny Tales|Various
She had taken off her glove now, and her palm left on his a reminiscence of Peau d'Espagne.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
The natives of Guiana use a tube or pipe not unlike a cheroot, made from the rind of the fruit of a species of palm.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.