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Definition of "lords-and-ladies" []

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lords-and-ladies" in a sentence
  • "The cuckoopint is an arum that appears in our woods in April, and is also known as lords-and-ladies, starch-root, Adam-and-Eve, bobbins and Wake Robin."
  • "I give you this bouquetof saxifrage sneezewortspurge ragged robinasphodel lords-and-ladies.''"
  • "I remember my mother's horror when I ate the lords-and-ladies berries that still grow by the garden walls."
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