Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The partridge-berry: alluding to the two calyx-marks on its double fruit.
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"If the king wishes to enter France without delay," said he to Henry VIII. 's ambassador, "I give his Grace leave to pluck out my two-eyes if I am not master of Paris before All Saints.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 1830
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