great laurel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of great laurel
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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As the time drew near, the house was hung with garlands, and every window proudly displayed a great laurel wreath tied with a huge red bow.
From The Old Gray Homestead by Keyes, Frances Parkinson
I have been through much—I have suffered much, but I have won two great laurel wreaths beyond thirty.
From The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Where Joan stood, the peace of the time was broken only by a gentle dripping from the leaves of a great laurel by the gate which led from the farmyard to the fields.
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
The sunny fruit garden—ancient, Dutch, and square—with its barricade of a high hedge, a stone wall, and between it and the house a shining fence of great laurel trees.
From John Halifax, Gentleman by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock
The "great laurel" of the northern United States is Rhododendron maximum.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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