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lad's love

British  

noun

  1. another name for southernwood

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

And, oh, the fragrant spices from the lad's love by the gate!

From The Verse-Book of a Homely Woman by Fay Inchfawn

The huge weeping ash, although now bereft of leaves, is a great feature, and the high box borders divide large squares of ground, wherein good old bushes of lavender, rue and lad's love grow profusely.

From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Helen C. Black

Take God's good blessing of an honest lad's love and be happy with it!

From Innocent : her fancy and his fact by Marie Corelli

Anna's hints had roused his interest in the lad's love affair, and he wondered what manner of girl the heroine of the coming conflict might be.

From The Reef by Edith Wharton

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