traveller's joy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The traveller's joy gleams in the September sunlight as the feathery awns lengthen on its seed vessels.
From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur
It is intended to be the commercial traveller's joy and treasure.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
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)
In the orchards, from under masses of traveller's joy, you may pull away rotten pieces of timber that once made arbours and summer-houses.
From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
In the autumn the traveller's joy produces the long, hairy tufts that have earned for it the name of old man's beard, while the guelder roses bear clusters of red berries.
From Lessons on Soil by Russell, E. J.
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