posy

"Eat her up," said Rosy Posy, who was ecstatically gazing at her beautiful big sister.
Marjorie's Busy Days|Carolyn Wells
"But we have some littler ones," said her husband, gaily, as he prepared for a game of romps with Kitty and Rosy Posy.
Marjorie's Busy Days|Carolyn Wells
"He wants to come out," said Rosy Posy, of a particularly big and ferocious-looking lion.
Marjorie's Busy Days|Carolyn Wells
It is the daughter of Arbaces, who flung him the posy of flowers as his chariot passed beneath her in our triumph.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

“Give me one posy, mamma, only one;” and the little chubby hands were outstretched for a tempting rose-bud.
Ruth Hall|Fanny Fern

British Dictionary definitions for posy

posy

/ (ˈpəʊzɪ) /

noun plural -sies

a small bunch of flowers or a single flower; nosegay

archaic a brief motto or inscription, esp one on a trinket or a ring

Word Origin for posy

C16: variant of poesy

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