tussie-mussie

[ tuhs-ee-muhs-ee ]

noun
  1. a small bunch of flowers or herbs.

  2. a cone-shaped holder for a bouquet.

Origin of tussie-mussie

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English tusmose, tussemose; further origin uncertain; perhaps created through rhyming (cf. razzle-dazzle, rhyming compound based on dazzle )

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