mangold-wurzel
Americannoun
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Outside he is the colour of a mangold-wurzel, and inside he is as black as ink.
From The Knave of Diamonds by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
In the winter time, when other food fails, the water-vole, like the hare and rabbit, will eat turnips, mangold-wurzel, the bark of young trees, and similar food.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 by Peters, Charles
This means one raspberry to a pound of mashed mangold-wurzel.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 26 1890 by Various
It consisted of a rising sun, two cave-bears, a walrus, seventeen shin-bones of the lesser rib-nosed baboon, a brontosaurus, three sand-eels, and a pterodactyl devouring a mangold-wurzel.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 7, 1914 by Various
Such a thing as mangel-wurzel is not known on the Continent; and the best authorities now, in this country, all use mangold-wurzel.
From Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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