mustard and cress
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I'm growing some mustard and cress specially for you.
From Love and hatred by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
Four and a half will do for the radishes, and two is enough for the mustard and cress.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
"We might sow them in mustard and cress in the spring."
From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Brazil, Angela
For salads it is not necessary to depend entirely upon the usual salad vegetables such as lettuce, watercress, mustard and cress.
From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William
In mine they'd grow like mustard and cress.
From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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