nosegay

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Thea wanted to put her arms around them and ask them how they had been able to keep a feeling like that, like a nosegay in a glass of water.

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  1. noun A small bunch of flowers; a bouquet.

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  1. Middle English : nose, nose; see nose + gai, joyous, ornament; see gay.

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  1. Lit. ‘a pretty thing to smell’; from nose + gay, n.
 

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/ˈnoʊzgei/
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