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- noun Plural form of
lichee .
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Examples
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We are too busy doing productive things like harvesting the wheat, planting the rice, enjoying the new lichees and plums.
Preparing the Battlefield: Scott Horton Interviews Seymour Hersh « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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You likewise presented me with fresh lichees and relics of writings of
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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Wexford drank two cups of green tea, ate four lichees and a piece of water melon.
The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983
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You likewise presented me with fresh lichees and relics of writings of Chen Ch'ing.
Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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Shansi or Shan-tung, hams from Foochow, and lichees from Canton, all form fitting vehicles for a declaration of friendship or of love.
Historic China, and other sketches Herbert Allen Giles 1890
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“It was taken to Miss Tertia’s with a present of lichees,” she rejoined, “and it hasn’t as yet been returned.”
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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“But so well did this tray match with the fresh lichees it contained, that when I took it over, Miss
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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Tertia's with a present of lichees, "she rejoined," and it hasn't as yet been returned. "
Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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"But so well did this tray match with the fresh lichees it contained, that when I took it over, Miss T'an Ch'un herself noticed the fact.
Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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