king fern
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Look at him marching along with that great branch of king fern over his shoulder!”
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
“Hum-m! if ’tweren’t for that, I could maist fling out an’ dance the ‘Rigs o’ Barley’ a-watching o’ those happy lasses,” he whimsically confessed in the ear of a king fern.
From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine
Look; the water is full six feet up the trunks of the trees; over the grass and the king fern, and the tall purple loose-strife— Oh!
From Madam How and Lady Why by Kingsley, Charles
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