lad's love
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Marigolds and larkspur and mignonette; phlox and lad's love, rosemary, lavender, and verbena, and many another that you'll not guess till the time comes for blossoming."
From A Spinner in the Sun by Reed, Myrtle
Gluttony, intemperance ABROTANUM, —ONUM, —ONUS the herb lad’s love; or, according to most Southernwood.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
How often we hear that phrase, as the old man looks back over a long life, to the time when lad's love filled his days with sunshine.
From Doctor Luttrell's First Patient by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
He's the sure morning after this dark dream; Clear daylight and west wind of a lad's love; With all his golden pride, for my dull hours, Still climbing sunward!
From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various
Inside the gate was a garden, and all its beds were defined by upended stout bottles—weedless, sweet-scented beds wherein grew such blooms as daisies, and violets, stocks, sweetpeas, sweet williams, lad's love and mignonette.
From An Australian Lassie by Johnson, A.J. (Alfred J.)
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