thoroughwort
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thoroughwort
Example Sentences
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But catnip didn't nip his ambition and thoroughwort wuzn't thorough enough to restore his cheerfulness.
From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Holley, Marietta
She drank the thoroughwort tea with convulsive gulps.
From Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
They are sent out to gather thoroughwort, dill, dock, and other simples, and mosses and roots for the farm 120 dyeing.
From A Northern Countryside by Richards, Rosalind
She had heard that thoroughwort was growing in considerable quantity in the old pastures at "Dresser's Lonesome."
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
The first person he met was Miss Persis Tame, who turned her back and fell to picking thoroughwort blossoms as he came up.
From Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature by Various
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