olive crown
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Plus a poem, a song, and perhaps an olive crown.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023
But only one can win the olive crown.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2013
Yes, the hand that now weaves the roses should have woven thee the olive crown!'
From Last Days of Pompeii by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
The wearer of the olive crown was carried home like a king, with processions and songs of triumph, and all his life afterward he was a privileged and honored person.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
"Fair art thou, B�tis," says Martial, "with thine olive crown and thy limpid waters, with the fleece stains of a brilliant gold."
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
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