sparrowgrass

Historical Examples of sparrowgrass

• I am very fond of sparrowgrass; say, asparagus, and pronounce it with the accent on par.

  Conversation

  Andrew P. Peabody

• Sparrowgrass: it is only the grossest ignorance which confounds this word with asparagus.

  Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected

  Anonymous

• Look at old Pedro and Philippa over there, setting out that stuff that looks like sparrowgrass.

  West Wind Drift

  George Barr McCutcheon

• I can't tell from a sparrowgrass bed what church they belong to, but they're no idolaters.

  The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine

  Frank R. Stockton

• The remark of Mrs. Sparrowgrass induced me to turn about, and I found the new horse behaving in a most unaccountable manner.

  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.)

  Various