long moss
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of long moss
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45
Example Sentences
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The long moss, reaching from the overhanging branches to the water, gave to the surroundings a most weird and funereal aspect.
From Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by Cable, George Washington
Choosing and drying the long moss best suited for wicks, she applied a bit of walrus fat to the moss threads, and twisted them into a dense, even roll.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.
It resembles a very fine and long moss.
From Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Miss Graves: "Live-oak groves draped in long moss are much more imposing."
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
And taking a strand of the long moss he scraped the greenish gray outside off, leaving a black strand like a horse hair.
From The Big Brother A Story of Indian War by Eggleston, George Cary
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