Definition of "nosegay" []

• A small bunch of flowers; a bouquet. (noun)

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• "November 11, 2005 at 12: 53 pm nosegay is the best word … oh yea, its a real word. it means a small bunch of flowers"
• "And, snatching the nosegay from the basket, he flung the flowers as far into the air as he could, exclaiming,"
• "I learned that a nosegay is a bouquet of showy flowers."