witch-elm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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One morning, when Bud and Slab justly supposed Lem was still asleep, he appeared at the witch-elm horse-block with Johnse Hatfield's piebald mare.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
A sprig of witch-elm sewn in the collar of the doublet, was celebrated amongst our great grandmothers as a specific against the malignant deeds of the weird sisterhood.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 by Various
Belle-Ann sat upon the witch-elm block and strained her eager eyes upward.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
They sat in the moonshine on the witch-elm block, and the whip-poor-will was calling.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
Near dusk, Slab took up his hybrid banjo and repaired to the witch-elm block, followed by the others.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
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