berry
noun
any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
had been berrying
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past perfect progressiveof berry.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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It was no secret that all the girls had been berrying in the forenoon.
From The Camerons of Highboro by Beth Bradford Gilchrist
