sparrowgrass

• “sparrowgrass," so handy to fill the black and yawning chasms of summer fireplaces and furnish green for "boquets.”

  Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It

• “I called to see father last night, and had supper there; and you should have seen how lovely she were — eating sparrowgrass sideways, as if she were born to it.”

  The Hand of Ethelberta

• “If I was housekeeper here, an 'cud have hothouse strawberries, an' swatebreads undher glass, an 'sparrowgrass, an' chicken, _an'_ ice crame, the way you can, whiniver yuh loike, I wouldn't be a-eatin 'cornbeef an' cabbage.”

  Cheerful—By Request

• “Look at old Pedro and Philippa over there, setting out that stuff that looks like sparrowgrass.”

  West Wind Drift

• “I called to see father last night, and had supper there; and you should have seen how lovely she were -- eating sparrowgrass sideways, as if she were born to it.”

  The Hand of Ethelberta

• “I hope E.G. R. will, however, not insist on classing those who say and write "mangold" with those who would write "reddishes, sparrowgrass, and cowcumbers.”

  Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

• “Mind me now, and take the tops of your sparrowgrass.”

  Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works

• “So home, and having brought home with me from Fenchurch Street a hundred of sparrowgrass, -- [A form once so commonly used for asparagus that it has found its way into dictionaries.] -- cost 18d.”

  Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete

• “Fenchurch Street a hundred of sparrowgrass, -- [A form once so commonly used for asparagus that it has found its way into dictionaries.] -- cost 18d.”

  Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 52: April 1667

• “grilled sparrowgrass, wif sum olivoyl and garlic on it …”

  eet now - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?

Show 10 more examples...