witch-elm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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One summer afternoon, while Harold rested indoors, Mavis gave Perigal tea beneath the shade of a witch-elm on the lawn.
From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)
Mounting on an old dwarf witch-elm about seven feet high, where several could sit, he would hold forth.
From Life of William Carey by Smith, George
Suddenly she leaped with a bound from the witch-elm block, her eyes full of a startling picture.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
On pleasant nights he would sit on the witch-elm block before the cabin and sing "Kitty Wells."
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
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