seedsman
Americannoun
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a sower of seed.
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a dealer in seed.
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Origin of seedsman
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Five years ago, a mustachioed British seedsman named Samuel Ryder put up a cup to be played for at two-year intervals by teams of British and U. S. golf professionals.
From Time Magazine Archive
He likes to tell of the seedsman who named a flower after his mother, described it as "pure white, big and robust, with a wide, expanded form on stout stems."
From Time Magazine Archive
And wotsume’er the failings on his part, he were a corn and seedsman in his hart.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
My reason is to be found in what took place in Mr. Pumblechook’s parlour: where, on our presenting ourselves, my sister sat in conference with that detested seedsman.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Mr. Pumblechook’s premises in the High Street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a cornchandler and seedsman should be.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Almost all seedsmen were featuring a new brownish-tinged lettuce called Bronze Beauty.
From Time Magazine Archive
U.S. seedsmen were hawking their spring wares with a new peacetime vigor, hoping to keep sales near wartime levels.
From Time Magazine Archive
The biggest men in a big business are Jackson & Perkins, rose growers, and W. Atlee Burpee Co.. seedsmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sons, seedsmen, donor in 1926 of the Ryder Cup for biennial competition between British and U. S. professional golfers; of pneumonia; in London.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are seven varieties catalogued by American seedsmen, of which the Early Purple Cape is the best adapted to our climate.
From The Cauliflower by Crozier, A. A. (Arthur Alger)
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