hommock
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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This path would conduct me by the hommock, the bathing-pond, and the orange-groves, without much danger of my approach being noticed by any one.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
Outside the hommock extended the fields under cultivation, until bounded in the distance by tall forests of cypress and white cedar—a sort of impenetrable morass that covered the country for miles beyond.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
Directing him to follow me, I kept on; and having passed through the fields, we rode into the thick underwood of the hommock, where halting, we dismounted from our horses.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
But the question is, did he leave the hommock along with them?
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
He said nothing, but pointed towards the hommock.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
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