mustard and cress
Britishnoun
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Cyril had sown the letters of his name in mustard and cress, which were just coming up fresh and green, and would soon be ready to cut.
From The Manor House School by Dixon, Arthur A.
Amongst other things he grew mustard and cress in boxes of earth near the stove pipe of his cabin to make fresh vegetable food for the afflicted men.
From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)
The cutting of the mustard and cress had, of course, begun in little more than a week from the time when the garden had been completed, and the seeds sown.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
In May, Captain Parry laid out a small garden, planting it with radishes, onions, mustard, and cress; but the experiment failed, though some common ship-peas, planted by the men, throve extremely well.
From Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe by Bingley, William
It is a favorite device to sow one's name in mustard and cress.
From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
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