winter rose
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of winter rose
First recorded in 1735–45
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Risks from sliding snow are mounting as total accumulation for the winter rose to a record and drifts reached almost twice as high as last year, the Institute said.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 24, 2012
"And she never sung you the song o' the winter rose?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Like winter rose and summer yce, Her joyes are still untymelye; Before her hope, behind remorse, Fayre first, in fyne unseemely.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese
Royal Italian Opera is quite a winter rose in Covent Garden.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 1, 1890 by Various
Mrs. Ratcliffe sat in dignified silence, a faint colour deepening in her cheeks like the blush of a winter rose.
From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
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