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
In some ways it was strengthened by the lad's love for her children; by his grief, scarcely less than her own, at the death of her eldest little girl.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
Forty-one, strong, experienced, his face could no more conceal what he felt than could be concealed a lad of twenty's ordinary lad's love.
From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack
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.)
Of such is the kingdom of lad's love!
From Wild Wings A Romance of Youth by Piper, Margaret Rebecca
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