shop that sells flowers' name='description'> florist's - definition and meaning

Definitions

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  • noun A shop that sells flowers

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Examples

  • Martha was holding the florist's brochure in her hands, her finger tapping impatiently at the array of funeral sprays displayed on the plastic page.

    Time of Death Ann Wahlman 2011

  • A forensic officer outside a florist's in Upper Wickham Lane in Welling where a 16-year-old boy was stabbed.

    Teenage boy stabbed to death in south London 2011

  • Seven years ago today we took the leis from the florist's boxes and shook the water in which they were packaged onto the grass outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue.

    Joe Woodward: Joan Didion: Late in Life Joe Woodward 2012

  • A forensic officer outside a florist's in Upper Wickham Lane in Welling where a 16-year-old boy was stabbed.

    Teenage boy stabbed to death in south London 2011

  • Cut flowers that will hold their petals the longest as a bouquet given on Valentine's Day - and might retain ornamental value until the end of February - are alstromeria (12 to 15 days), long-stemmed florist's carnations (15 to 20 days).

    Say it with your own arrangement - or cutting garden - of flowers Joel M. Lerner 2011

  • Seven years ago today we took the leis from the florist's boxes and shook the water in which they were packaged onto the grass outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue.

    Joe Woodward: Joan Didion: Late in Life Joe Woodward 2012

  • The flower was beautifully presented with the florist's paper and a spray of baby's breath, but it was quite obvious that the stem of the lily had been broken at some point in the past and had been repaired by binding a wire to the stem with some sort of thread or floss.

    The Broken Lily Hugh Barlow 2011

  • You can also follow a florist's strict regimen of putting stems in deep water in a cool, dark place for four or five hours before arranging.

    Say it with your own arrangement - or cutting garden - of flowers Joel M. Lerner 2011

  • He imagined himself licking the cream off the florist's upper lip.

    Blossom and Monkey-Wrench 2010

  • Most people don't think to ask to see their florist's flower-arranging license before buying floral arrangements.

    Shira Rawlinson: Enough of This Blooming Nonsense Shira Rawlinson 2010

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