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kiss-me-at-the-gate

kiss-me-at-the-gate noun: cultivated heartsease.

Noun

kiss-me-at-the-gate (uncountable)

  1. Cultivated heartsease.
    • Daisy admired this aspect or that of the feudal silhouette against the sky, admired the gardens, the sparkling odour of jonquils and the frothy odour of hawthorn and plum blossoms and the pale gold odour of kiss-me-at-the-gate.1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 88

Questions about kiss-me-at-the-gate

What does kiss-me-at-the-gate mean?
Kiss-me-at-the-gate means cultivated heartsease.
What part of speech is kiss-me-at-the-gate?
Kiss-me-at-the-gate is a noun.

Words near kiss-me-at-the-gate in the dictionary

  1. kiss-cut
  2. kiss-her-in-the-butteries
  3. kiss-her-in-the-buttery
  4. kiss-in
  5. kiss-ins
  6. kiss-me-at-the-gate
  7. kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
  8. kiss-me-over-the-garden-gates
  9. kiss-me-quick
  10. kiss-me-quicks
  11. kiss-off

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