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fairies' horses

fairies' horses is the plural of fairies' horse.

Meaning of fairies' horse

Noun

fairies' horse (plural fairies' horses)

  1. ragweed
    • As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 267

Questions about fairies' horses

What is fairies' horses the plural of?
Fairies' horses is the plural of fairies' horse.

Words near fairies' horses in the dictionary

  1. Fairhursts
  2. fairie
  3. fairies
  4. fairies' butter
  5. fairies' horse
  6. fairies' horses
  7. fairily
  8. fairing
  9. fairing off
  10. fairing up
  11. fairings

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