jimpson

• “She ... looked out among the tomato vines and "jimpson" weeds that constituted the garden ... she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his flight ...”

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• “Beyond that end of our establishment which was furthest from the street, was a deserted garden, pathless, and thickly grown with the bloomy and villainous "jimpson" weed and its common friend the stately sunflower.”

  A Tramp Abroad

• “She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and "jimpson" weeds that constituted the garden.”

  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• “Beyond that end of our establishment which was farthest from the street was a deserted garden, pathless, and thickly grown with the bloomy and villanous "jimpson" weed and its common friend the stately sunflower.”

  Editorial Wild Oats

• “She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and “jimpson” weeds that constituted the garden.”

  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• “She say: 'Honey, in de morning when you git up, you git you some jimpson weed and put it wid cookin' salt and bind it on your head. ”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1

• “The injured member appeared to be swollen and was covered with several layers of the jimpson weed leaves.”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1

• “Take of lard, 6 lbs., put into a ten gallon kettle; add 2 gallons of water; cut jimpson seeds and fill them in, and cook from 4 to 6 hours slowly, till all the water is gone; then put into jars, and add to each pound of ointment one ounce of turpentine.”

  Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets

• “Her jimpson-weed salve and peach perserves was th 'best he ever see, pa says.”

  The Fotygraft Album Shown to the New Neighbor by Rebecca Sparks Peters Aged Eleven

• “Stealthily snatching a cloak, she crept down into the garden, feeling her way through the sodden grass, and the jimpson weed which the rain had beaten down.”

  Mr. Opp

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