sweetbriar
- a variation of sweetbrier.
Example Sentences
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"It must take a great deal of coffee to wash down all that," said the doctor, lazily trimming his sweetbriar.
From Daisy by Warner, Susan
By the water-brook she's standing, Where the purple violets grow, Where the wind-flower and sweetbriar, And the starry woodbines blow.
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various
He forked over the earth in all the beds, tied up to a stick every daffodil that did not stand perfectly upright by itself, trimmed the sweetbriar hedge, and swept the paths.
From The Story of Jessie by Quiller-Couch, Mabel
By the brook down in its thicket, Where the purple violet grows, I shall find the wild sweetbriar, And the wind-flower, and—who knows?
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various
The bush of sweetbriar underneath the window scented the place, and the delicious fragrance reminded her of her old home.
From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations by Alexander, Mrs.
