greenwood
[green-woo d]
Origin of greenwood
Greenwood
[green-woo d]
- a city in W South Carolina.
- a city in NW Mississippi.
- a town in central Indiana.
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Examples from the Web for greenwood
Contemporary Examples
“There used to be a lot more of us,” said Greenwood, who serves on the board of directors for the National Audubon Society.
W.C. Handy, the so-called Father of the Blues and composer of “St. Louis Blues,” is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in the Bronx.
Greenwood is a tiny farming community of 15,000 people, and we found about 70 percent of our locations within a three-mile radius.
Within an hour of arriving in Greenwood, Miss., we had found our “backlot” for The Help.
Boy, were we wrong: Being in Greenwood provided the right recipe to re-create that feeling.
Historical Examples
Then the other birds of the greenwood came to mourn over their dead friend.
A Little Book of Profitable TalesEugene Field
It was autumn now, and the greenwood was not what it had been.
A Little Book of Profitable TalesEugene Field
Thus do I punish those that come into the greenwood to deal dole to me.
The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward Pyle
The day was well-nigh gone when they came near to the greenwood tree.
The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward Pyle
Mr. Greenwood sent for me and asked me to take his place, for that night at least.
greenwood
- a forest or wood when the leaves are green: the traditional setting of stories about English outlaws, esp Robin Hood
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