Oaks
Britishnoun
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a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing
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any of various similar races
Etymology
Origin of Oaks
named after an estate near Epsom
Example Sentences
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“The story behind the strong father-daughter relationship is timeless to me, and the description of the small fictional town of Maycomb ‘filled with oaks’ reminds me of where I grew up in the South.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021
Above the vines the mountain sides are blending The oaks' and maples' multicolored glow, In variegated zones their hues ascending From radiant roses to eternal snow.
From Poems by Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson)
The broad moon now flooded the hills and vales with light, casting broad checkering shadows of the old oaks' gray branches and now reddened foliage across the ground.
From Lost in the Backwoods by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland
Gentle eyes of Manuela! tell me wherefore do ye rest On the oaks' enchanted islands and the flowery ocean's breast?
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 7, August 12, 1850 by Various
The broad moon now flooded the hills and vales with light, casting broad checkering shadows of the old oaks' grey branches and now reddened foliage across the ground.
From Canadian Crusoes by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland
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