traveller's joy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Moreover, there grows up from the moat at Merdon, over the back of the remains of the gateway, a traveller’s joy with an enormous trunk that must be of many years’ duration.
From John Keble's Parishes by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
The number of different kinds of bushes in the hedgerows, entwined by traveller's joy and the bryonies, is conspicuous compared with the hedges of the northern counties.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Here the hedge is all hung with briony or traveller's joy; there is a burst of wild-roses, pale discs of faintest rose-jacinth, each with a full-seeded heart.
From The Silent Isle by Benson, Arthur Christopher
But at Beaumont-la-Ronce, north of Tours, may be seen a whole street of cave habitations still occupied, wreathed with vines and traveller's joy.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
It has a thick yellow rind and several large seeds, and the property of being icy cold in the hottest weather — a true traveller's joy.
From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)
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