king fern
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“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 at him marching along with that great branch of king fern over his shoulder!”
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
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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